Sunday, June 12, 2005

browseui.dll missing

What is browseui.dll ?
It is a component of Windows that contains functions and resources for browser UI manegement.

The problem:-
On strating Windows XP an error messege pops up-browseui.dll not found.

Solution:-
Open Recovery Console:-
From the command prompt, run: C:\>CD\windows\system32 C:\>ren browseui.dll browseui.old .
Restart your computer.

Further Help:-
How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?­­kbid=307654

6 comments:

Julien said...

unfortunatly, i think that the best solution is to copy this file from a safe computer, as I did for a friend who had this problem ...

Otherwise, this file is maybe available on xp Cd-ROM ? I hadn't check

Unknown said...

Copy missing file from another XP PC, or download from Internet, and copy from floppy (you can't access GUI in this situation, but through Ctrl-Alt-Delete combination you can get to task manager and start cmd window), so make a copy:
copy a:\browseui.dll c:\windows\system32
file is ~ 1 MB, so fits into floppy. Actually you can use also USB stick, or copy from another PC through network (connecting from another PC to default share C$ as administrator, check that you can see hidden files), as all windows services still are working, only GUI can't be started.
I have seen such probs recently, seems it's a result of incorrect MS patch installation process.

angelsmil3 said...

My laptop has this problem but can all my files and folders still be found after i tried this method? I've very important documents in my laptop..

Unknown said...

i've experienced browseui.dll missing components, i tried the solution posted by slinkis and it worked! thanks....

mauro said...

It worked fine for me. Thanks a lot.

Unknown said...

I tried downloading the browseui.dll and did it on my computer. It worked, but the problem is, I can't use Internet Explorer. When you type in the search box in IE, it won't happen. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.