Microsoft KB Archive/188604

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Problems When You Click Find Target on a Desktop Shortcut

Article ID: 188604

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q188604

If this article does not describe the error message that you are receiving, view the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to view more articles that describe error messages:

315854 Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center

SYMPTOMS

When you right-click an icon on the desktop, click Properties, and then click Find Target, you may receive the following error message:

Explorer:
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you then click Details, you may see the following information:

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHDOCVW.DLL at <memory address>.

If you then click Close, you may receive the following error message:

There was an internal error and one of the windows you were using will be closed. It is recommended that you save your work and close all programs, and then restart your computer.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, restart your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 98.

Additional query words: my documents shdocvw dll

Keywords: kbinvalidpagefault kbprb kbui KB188604

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