95. How Do I Re-Install The Search Companion

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There are occasions when the search facility in Windows XP does not work correctly. In these circumstances it may be easier to simply re-install the search companion. To re-install follow these simply steps:

1/ Log on to your computer as Administrator.

2/ Click Start button.

3/ In the Start menu click Run.

4/ In the Run dialogue box type: %systemroot%\inf and click OK.

5/ In the list of files that appear look for the Srchasst.inf file.

6/ Right Click on this file and, from the drop down menu, select Install.

7/ The Search companion should now reinstall.

If the above does not fix the problem you might also try re-registering the jscript.dll, vscript.dll and urlmon.dll. To do this proceed as follows:

1/ Click the Start button.

2/ From the Start menu click Run.

3/ In the Run dialogue box type: regsvr32 jscript.dll and click OK.

4/ Click OK again.

5/ Follow steps 1 and 2 again.

6/ In the Run dialogue box type: regsvr32 vbscript.dll and click OK.

7/ Click OK.

If the problem is still not solved re-register the urlmon.dll file as follows:

1/ Click the Start button.

2/ From the Start menu click Run.

3/ In the Run dialogue box type: regsvr32 urlmon.dll and click OK.

4/ Click OK again.