[slvrvet]

I am running windows 2000 and have or had all the service packs and updates current. I say "had" because when I ran my backups it may have deleted some of the updates --- I have no way of telling since MS won't let me update my PC without Internet Explorer.

I have no desktop icons and when I try to start internet explorer I get a message saying
IEXPLORE.EXE Application error
Appliction failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)

This started a couple of weeks ago -- I truned on and started up my PC and had no desktop but did have the iexplore error message when I tried to get on the internet - I hadn't installed anything new.

Working through Windows Task Manager-New task I can get to almost all my software, I ran virus scans and anti-spyware and found nothing - my IE is / was version 6. I went back to prior backups - as far as I had which was 3-4 months and that didn't help (made no difference).

I do have the install W2k disk - but am concerned that if I use it I will have to reinstall all my programs -- I am not a gamer, and have a lot of business and investing programs - most were downloaded from the internet over several years (none real recent).


I do have W2k on another PC so I could transfer a file or files from my working PC to the desktop it that would help.

Neither explore.exe nor iexplore.exe are listed under Task Manager Processes yet they are both listed on my working PC.