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  1. Mar 24th, 2003, 02:31 AM #1
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    Aaarg ... what the hells happened ?!?!

    I turned on my PC on Saturday morning and whilst Windows (XP PRO) was loading I got a message. Something about a registry file or part of the registry file having to be restored. It only had an OK button so I pressed it.

    Now when it has finished loading Windows all I get is a background screen. No icons, and no taskbar. I can do a CTRL/ALT/DEL and get up the task Manager window etc., but thats it.

    I presume my registry is probably screwed now, due to whatever it did when it thought it was fixing itself.

    Has anyone got any ideas how I might be able to rectify this ?

    I tried SAFE mode too, and got the same results.

    I also tried the "Load from Last Time It Successfully Worked" option, and geuss what ..... that gave me sod all as well


    I just wondered if there was anything I could do APART from a re-install, which would be a right pain.

    Thanks in advance ........

    Steve.
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  2. Mar 24th, 2003, 03:07 AM #2
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    Did you download or install any programs the week before that got added to the registry or startup folder?
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  3. Mar 24th, 2003, 03:16 AM #3
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    No I didn't.

    As i can get to the task Manager someone suggested adding "Explorer" as a new process.

    The PC in question is at home tho so will try it later.
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  4. Mar 24th, 2003, 03:21 AM #4
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    Oh ok
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    System restore

    You could try doing a System restore before this happened, and if it happend again, Find the Reg. String it restored and Delete it.
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  7. Mar 24th, 2003, 11:28 AM #6
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    Originally posted by TheBionicOrange
    No I didn't.

    As i can get to the task Manager someone suggested adding "Explorer" as a new process.

    The PC in question is at home tho so will try it later.
    I tried adding an "Explorer" process .... it stated up ... lasted about 2 seconds in the process list .... then deleted itself
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  8. Mar 24th, 2003, 11:51 AM #7
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    So when you do 'File > New Task > Explorer.exe' it just falls over a few seconds later ?
    I suggest you grab Filemon and Regmon from www.sysinternals.com, fire them up, then load up explorer again and see why its falling over.
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  9. Mar 24th, 2003, 11:57 AM #8
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    Nice idea, but I can only run apps by browsing for the EXE and firing them up as new processes.

    Anyone know the process for "File/Run" or "File Explorer" ?

    If not I aint ever gonna get these things installed
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    So stick filemon and regmon onto floppy and run them from File->Run in task manager.
    And sadly "Windows Explorer" ie. the file explorer is explorer.exe
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    Ended up doing a Windows "Repair", but lost all my internet connectivity

    Had to reinstall Windows Xp fresh

    All working now, but there went 4 hours of my life
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    You should keep an image of your hard drive in case your system ****s up again.
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    Originally posted by TheBionicOrange
    Ended up doing a Windows "Repair", but lost all my internet connectivity

    Had to reinstall Windows Xp fresh

    All working now, but there went 4 hours of my life

    Have you ever experienced any other problems while using xp?
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