astral Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 My Windows explorer has deveolped a strange bug. Windows XP Home. The Search function does not fucntion. It gives: Unexpected Error Action could not be completed Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francois Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) hi' the simplyest for you is to reinstall using the second screen for repair, the first one is using the asr ... useless unless you know command lines ... the second one after agreed, is to type "r" and then windows will repair itself, you just have to think to go to windows update then to get all the update back francois Edited October 26, 2006 by francois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 hi'the simplyest for you is to reinstall using the second screen for repair, the first one is using the asr ... useless unless you know command lines ... the second one after agreed, is to type "r" and then windows will repair itself, you just have to think to go to windows update then to get all the update back francois I don't seem to have the recovery console installed and when I try to install it from the CD the only option I get is a New Installation, and I do not think that is what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Are you talking about Windows Internet Explorer or the Windows XP OS itself (like when you go to the start button and hit "search")? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 It is the Windows Explorer, not IE. I have done a google search and found how to install the Recovery Console using winnt32.exe, but do not appear to have this programme on the installation CD. What next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMK Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Astral, it should be there in the \I386 folder. Peter It is the Windows Explorer, not IE.I have done a google search and found how to install the Recovery Console using winnt32.exe, but do not appear to have this programme on the installation CD. What next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldwolf Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 astral - A couple of questions: 1) Are you running IE6 or IE7 ? (Yes, I understand your talking about Windows Explorer, but they are both functionally related.) 2) Do a Start/Run/Regedit and check the following entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\ In the right pane, what is the value shown for "NoFind" ? waldwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 No sign of it on the installation disk that came with the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 astral - A couple of questions:1) Are you running IE6 or IE7 ? (Yes, I understand your talking about Windows Explorer, but they are both functionally related.) 2) Do a Start/Run/Regedit and check the following entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\ In the right pane, what is the value shown for "NoFind" ? waldwolf 1. I am on IE6 2. There is no value for NoFind, it is not on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldwolf Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 1. I am on IE62. There is no value for NoFind, it is not on the list. Hum......very strange. Ok, lets try this. Do the Start/Run/Regedit bit and go back to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\ Click Edit/String/BinaryValue and enter NoFind as the name. Then double click the new name, and in the new window, enter 01 00 00 00 Close windows, then open and test your Windows Explorer search function. Does above work now? If not, go back to the NoFind entry and delete it (and I'll go back to my references books.) waldwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldwolf Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 astral - Sorry, my error. You should enter 00 00 00 00 in that window not 01 00 00 00 waldwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have tried both values and still no luck. Thanks anyway. Astral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 These may or may not be relevant: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816665 http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/3/1/ http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchcomp.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Thanks Katana. http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/3/1/ This one cured the problem. with the vb fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 On the winnt32.exe part of the question. I borrowed the file off a friend's computer and managed to install the Recovery Console. It even went to MS for the latest version. Thanks to all who offered advice and assistance. Astral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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