I would go ahead and add the key. Highlight Shared Tools in the left pane.
Right click on the right pane. Select new and then string and name the new
key. Make sure you follow type "SharedFilesDir" exactly. Right click on
the key you just named, select modify and fill in the blank. I just
checked my registry and it contains that key and value. I also have the
Shared Tools Location key that you have. They both contain the same
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\" value .
Ben Moore
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Darrach <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 8:27 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Outlook Express 5 lost Spell Check
> I have just updated to Win 98 Second Edition from Win 98. The Second
> Edition update automatically installed IE 5 and Outlook Express 5. Now
> whenever I try to spell check an e-mail in Outlook Express I immediately
> get the message, "An error occurred while spelling was being checked."
>
> Both Outlook Express 5 and the preceding Outlook Express 4 utilize the
> spell checking program from Microsoft Office 95 which is installed on my
> machine. But, OE 4 never had a problem with spell checking under Windows
95
> or 98.
>
> The OE 5 problem and solution is well documented in Microsoft's
> <http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q224/1/76.ASP> article
> which I have tried to follow. My "play about with registry" expertise is a
> bit weak so I'd appreciate some help.
>
> To get to the problem area of the Registry, I use regedit to open the key
> path from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ down to Software\ to Microsoft\ to Shared
> Tools.
>
> There I am "to verify that the SharedFilesDir value has a value data with
a
> trailing backslash in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared
> Tools" registry key.
>
> The article continues, "For example, the SharedFilesDir value should
> contain the following value data: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
> Shared\ "
>
> Under Shared Tools I cannot locate a SharedFilesDir.
>
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