Microsoft KB Archive/173888

= Err Msg: Iexplore.exe Ordinal Not Found =

Article ID: 173888

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02

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This article was previously published under Q173888



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to start Internet Explorer 3.02, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Iexplore.exe ordinal not found

The ordinal 386 could not be located in the dynamic link library

COMCTL32.DLL

The ordinal 387 could not be located in the dynamic link library

COMCTL32.DLL

The ordinal 388 could not be located in the dynamic link library

COMCTL32.DLL

Ordinal 654 could not be located in the dynamic link library

EXPLORER.EXE

NOTE: The error messages may be displayed on a blue screen.



CAUSE
These error messages can occur if you remove Internet Explorer 4.0 from your computer but not all the Internet Explorer 4.0 files are removed.



RESOLUTION
Check the version information for the following files:


 * Advapi32.dll
 * Iexplore.exe
 * Inetcpl.cpl
 * Shdocvw.dll
 * Shlwapi.dll
 * Wininet.dll
 * Urlmon.dll

To check the version information for a file, right-click the file in Windows NT Explorer, click Properties, and then click the Version tab. If any of these files is listed as version 4.71. (where is any number), rename the file. To rename a file, right-click the file in Internet Explorer, click Rename, type a new name for the file, and then press ENTER.

After you rename the files as necessary, reinstall Internet Explorer 3.02.



MORE INFORMATION
Version number 4.71. signifies a file included with Internet Explorer 4.0. Files included with Internet Explorer 3.02 have version number 4.70. .

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: kberrmsg kbsetup kbprb KB173888

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