Internet Explorer cleanup.
 

Ok, so I decided to do a bit of a clean-up of the computer today. Defrag the HHD, run Adaware, CWShredder etc. All clear. Then decided to deleat cookies and Temp Internet files, well the cookies went bye-bye, but whev I try to deleat the temp.internet files IE freezes up and on exiting the program I get (End Program - rundll32.exe, this program is not responding......).

Any idea's????

Thanks in advance for any help.

EoB.

Re: Internet Explorer cleanup.
 

Er are you trying to clear your temporary internet files while Internet Explorer is running and probably locking the files down?

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No mate. I'm in control pannel, with internet option's open.

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Tried re-booting ?

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Reboot and do it in safe mode? Can you not jsut navigate to the folder in question and manually delete it, might just be one file you can't get rid of thats causing the problem :(

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Just rebooted, and the same thing is happening still. :(

I seem to remember there was a virus for some kind, that was listed in Task Manager (Processes) as rundll32.xxxxx (and ant remember what xxxx was). I have checked and this is showing up. Wish I could remember what it was, but its been nearly 2 years since I was told about it. :dunce:

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This one?
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/anal...janaftp01.html

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Thats the little begger, and I dont have it thankfully.

Anyway, tried to deleat in safe mode, all seemed to work nicely. Rebooted and tried in normal mode, same thing happening again. :(

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Hi

I added the following to my autoexec.bat file so it removes all files from the cache on each reboot.

DELTREE /y C:\WINDOWS\Tempor~1\Content.IE5\*.*

My machine is obviously running windows98SE with IE5.5

I'm not sure about windows XP (whether it processes the autoexec.bat file on boot or not) and the path to the cache maybe different as well.

Regards.

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What is CWShredder ?

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Download it from here..http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

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Err Msg: RUNDLL32.EXE Has Caused an Error in COMMCTRL.DLL

You may receive one of the following error messages and Windows 95 may stop responding (hang) or run with limited functionality:

RUNDLL32.EXE has caused an error in COMMCTRL.DLL
The COMCTL32.DLL file cannot start.

This error means the Commctrl.dll file is missing or damaged.
To resolve it.
restart the computer and press f8 when the starting windows 95 message, choose Command Prompt Only from startup menu.
Type
cd\windows\system
ren commctrl.dll commctrl.old
Use the extract tool to extract the Kommctrl.dll file from precopy1.cab file from your win95 folder on the cd-rom to windows\system filder
warning about it though.
NOTE: The Precopy1.cab file also contains a Commctrl.dll file. This file is used only by Setup. If you extract this file instead of the Kommctrl.dll file, Windows 95 will not run.

that is about all I can remember
when we had this problem on my daughters win 95 computer.

if you need more information about it search microsoft for RUNDLL32.EXE

Good luck

Re: Internet Explorer cleanup.
 

Nice tip m8 :)

Re: Internet Explorer cleanup.
 

Earl of Bronze did manage to resolve this error message you was getting?