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Originally Posted by april
When I reinstall I lose all my saved files dont I?
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Yes, most likely. I did find something else you can try. You need to change your system.ini file back to shell=explorer.exe if you haven't already.
This site talks about how you can do a restore.
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10855.html
Re: windows 98 not showing desktop items and start menu
1. Start your computer, press and hold CTRL, and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Windows 98 Startup menu.
2. At the MS-DOS prompt, type cd\windows\command (where windows is the name of the folder in which Windows is installed), and then press ENTER.
3. At the C: prompt, type scanreg /restore, and then press ENTER (note the space before the forward slash).
4. Select the previous registry you want to restore, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date.
5. When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer.