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Ali_Babua Junior Member |
posted January 05, 2008 10:37 AM
 
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Ali_Babua Junior Member |
posted January 05, 2008 10:36 AM
I have been having the same problem. I even backed up my important files and did a system restore, but it happened again after a day, so I restored AGAIN. *sigh* And after 2 or so more days, it is happening again. This is what's going on (and by the way, I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition, NOT 98): Suddenly, I start losing executable files (EXE files), and Microsoft Paint, Caculator, the Sound Device program that runs in the task manager bar, are usually the first ones to go. I now don't have Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, and I'm sure other programs I haven't realized are gone yet. WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!? Help me! IP: Logged |
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two_toes Member |
posted June 09, 2003 03:43 PM
have you tried going to file manager/ view/by file type/ and be sure there is a check mark in the program box? IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted February 27, 2003 11:36 PM
Oh sorry I thought you meant the Program files not the start meun. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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wedor Moderator |
posted February 27, 2003 10:23 PM
Place the shortcut in C:\Windows\Program Files\Start Menu That is the location of all start menu items in Win98 IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted February 27, 2003 06:09 PM
Well what you could do, is go to the program files folder. Go to My computer, then go to the folder Program files, then look for Word, in one of them folders, then look for the executable file for word. It should have the Word icon, then drag the icon to your desktop, that will make the shortcut. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted February 27, 2003 08:21 AM
still the same, learning to deal with it. reloaded a couple of programs. created some short cuts for some of the others. when i find a way to start a program, from example: my computer/c/programs/word, how do i get it to creata a short cut in the start/program menu? i can get it to the desktop. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted February 11, 2003 07:31 PM
Any more on the status of this problem? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted February 02, 2003 12:53 PM
Okay go to the program that does not pen up in the maximum size, right click it then go to properties then see the drop down menu where you adjust the open in, then go to maximum and apply then ok. We are looking into the other problem. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted February 02, 2003 12:11 PM
tried them both. they didnt work. there is only three things in the start/programs menu. i put those there. another issue on the other computer. when a window is opened it does not open with the max or full screen. i know there is a setting for this. i cant remember where it is. any help? [This message has been edited by lakefever (edited February 02, 2003).] IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 29, 2003 08:10 PM
Okay let us know how it goes. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 29, 2003 08:08 PM
thanks for the help. i will get to work on it again this weekend. will let you know what happens. IP: Logged |
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wedor Moderator |
posted January 28, 2003 07:01 AM
The programs are supposed to be in the Windows/Start Menu folder. You could try to create a new user in control panel with the "Users" utility, it should create a user with all of the parts intact unless someone has set some security policy on your system. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 26, 2003 04:48 PM
Okay, go here, housecall.antivirus.com/ and run the scan for the homeuser and see if it finds anything. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 26, 2003 04:01 PM
TRIED IT. LOGGING BACK ON MADE NO DIFFERENCE. EVEN THE SYSTEM TOOLS, GAMES, AND MAINTAINENCE ITEMS ARE GONE ALSO. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 26, 2003 03:38 PM
That was my first assumption you were logged in as another user, however I did not say that because I was not 100% sure of that. So let’s see if you are, go to Start-Log Off then hit yes to log off then the system will log you off. The login window will come up and you need to enter your password and username. The spyware scan, many people may have the same spyware on there PC, because spyware affects everyone, I just thought that maybe the spyware if you had any was hiding your desktop icons and programs. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 26, 2003 10:02 AM
i just read a thread started by lisa. when she ran the ad ware program ,she had some of the same type files in ti as i did. i did delete these in the ad ware scan . does this help any? IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 26, 2003 05:56 AM
hide icons is unchecked. it kind of acts like the user has been changed. is there a way to check for other users or to see what users are listed to use this computer? a screensaver was downloaded a week or so before this. i deleted it a bout 6 days prior to this. the computer had been rebooted dailey since installation and removal. i can find the files in c drive. i can get a shortcut on the desktop. how can i get them in the start/ programs box? yes when you go to start-programs, nothing is there. thanks, royce [This message has been edited by lakefever (edited January 26, 2003).] IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 25, 2003 11:58 PM
Lets see if this will work, go to Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Effects-Make sure the hide icons is not checked, if so uncheck it and then hit apply and ok. When you say program files, do you mean by going to Start-Programs nothing is there? Did you recently download anything, that you know of? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 25, 2003 08:17 PM
i tried as told . the last backup date was the day after the problem started. i also downloaded and ran the lavasoft program. no results. all the files are in c drive as they should be. there is no short cut on the desk top or nothing in the program box. i can create a shortcut on the desktop, but it just opens the folder and starts the program. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 21, 2003 05:29 PM
Your welcome, let us know how it goes. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 21, 2003 06:23 AM
OK will try it. it will be sunday before i can work on it again. i will let you know how it comes out. thanks for the help IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 19, 2003 08:21 PM
If that does not work then you may have some sort of spyware on your system. Go here http://www.lavasoft.de/downloads.html and download ad-aware 5.83 download, install and then run it. Make sure for the options select deep registry scan and to scan your hard drive. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 19, 2003 07:50 PM
Okay lets try this, go to start-shut down-restart in MS-DOS mode. Once there type scanreg/restore then a menu will come up, you will need to select a backup cop of the registry. Then once that is done, boot up normal and see if everything is normal. If that does not work, do the same thing by going to MS-DOS mode, then select a later date backup of the registry. If you have tried all the backups, to no avail, please let us know. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 19, 2003 07:16 PM
the folders are in c drive. there are no icons on the desk top or in the start box. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 19, 2003 05:47 PM
Well, what exactly is going on? There are no icons on your desktop? Also when you go to my computer then double click on the hard drive icon, no folders are there? When did this start to happen? Have you recently installed anything? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 19, 2003 03:14 PM
running scan now with no results so far. norton has continually been running and updating. it has found nothing. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted January 19, 2003 01:37 PM
So there are no icons on your desktop? Everything is hidden? I would go here www.housecall.antivirus.com/ and run the scan for the home user and see if it comes up with anything. If it does then let us know. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 19, 2003 10:42 AM
update: it seems the files are still in the computer but, there are no icons on the desk top and there is nothing in the start, program box. i have tried to drop and drag, with a little success. the things that are really hard are programs such as word, wordperfect, excel, and other programs for hard ware and such. we raelly dont know why this happened. the backup that was done was 4 months ago, and i dont know if it will over write anything that was put in after the backup. IP: Logged |
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lakefever Member |
posted January 19, 2003 06:17 AM
i dont know what happened but, all the exe files are gone. explorer and outlook still work. when you go to start, programs, nothing is there. when you go to my comp., c:, then select a folder, the folder wont open or there is nothing in them. any ideas? [This message has been edited by lakefever (edited January 19, 2003).] IP: Logged |
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