Tried as of 2 months ago and still no joy.

Tried that and restored as of 2 days ago and did not work - will try a week. Thanks

Might be: error signature: explorer.exe appver: 6.0.2900.3156 modname:browseui.dll modver: 6.0.2900.2995 offset: 00042ee7

Does that help.

Thanks in advance

Update,

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