Windows XP: "Cannot start shell application"?

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omega114

Posted 7/4/2008 1:46 AM

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Every time I boot up my laptop, when Windows XP is starting up I get an error

message that simply says "Cannot start shell application" with an "OK" button.

This error box always comes up and pauses my whole startup until I click "OK".

How do I go about removing this error message?

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exTI

Posted 7/4/2008 9:53 AM

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I would start by going into msconfig (start - run - type msconfig - then hit enter). Put a tick in selective startup then click on the startup tab and . Start by disabling all - reboot and see if you still get the error. If not start adding things back 1 at a time until the error comes back. That will tell you whats causing the error.

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