What is this elusive file that keeps me from downloading IE8...or other things. 5Days ago I had the "Black Screen with Cursor" CURSE...It took a lot of work and research to get my system back, but this "ShRegGetvaluew" entry point missing from shlwapi.dll file, keeps popping up and stops any download....I've been reading about Many People having this problem...does anyone HERE have any Idea what to do?...PLEASE HELP!...captphrank
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Jump to PostThe problem lies with shlwapi.dll. It being a protected file you could try locating it in system32, change its name to shlwapi.dll.old. Within a few seconds WFP should copy in a new file from its cache. If this does not work, go Start, and enter in the Run space:
sfc …
Jump to PostIf you have SP3 then the most recent version of shlwapi.dll came with KB975713, and should be sprinkled liberally, in system32, $hf_mig$, Servicepackfiles\i386.
If you renamed it, and upon doing a refresh there was not a new copy there, then you do not have it in cache [which for SP3 …
Jump to PostAh.... :) via an XP installation cd, or dl an iso from...
http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/bootdiscs/xp_rec_con.zip
Either will create a bootable cd when you burn the iso.
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