The message I am getting, without the icons appearing, only the wallpaper, is "explorer" is "closed for illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor. Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module explorer.exe at.... registers ......"

All I want to do is get to the Windows page with the icons, but cannot. What do I need to do, besides erasing my entire drive, to get this done? I have a copy of Windows SE, but not Windows Plus... if I get a copy of Windows Plus, can I reload that somehow to repair the exporer.exe?

You should use your Windows 98SE and run 'Setup' to install Windows over the top of itself and try to correct the error. The 'SE' is Windows itself. the 'Plus' pack is merely a few games and fancy little programs!

This should ne in the Windows 9x section, by the way.