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Badly Needing Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 04:36 PM
I am unable to open anything as all proggrams have changed to a .lnk and thats not just on the desktop, its also on my quick launch and start menu.
I have tried going into safe mode and system restoring from there as i can't system restore in normal mode and i tried it to a week back as it only happened yesterday.
And when i turn my computer on, before the log on screen a big box comes up with two little boxes in like this: [][].
Help Plz =[
EDIT: solution is here: click
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by Oxy on 04-03-2007 at 04:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by EBFL
I have tried going into safe mode and system restoring from there as i can't system restore in normal mode and i tried it to a week back as it only happened yesterday.
And when i turn my computer on, before the log on screen a big box comes up with two little boxes in like this: [][].
Have you tried restoring it back from within two days?
Have you done anything recently related to the problem? Installed/changed anything ect..?
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 04:42 PM
quote:No, because the minimum day it'll let me system restore is to a week ago.
Originally posted by .OxY
Have you tried restoring it back from within two days?
quote:The only things i have done are download things from Demonoid.
Originally posted by .OxY
Have you done anything recently related to the problem? Installed/changed anything ect..?
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by Oxy on 04-03-2007 at 04:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by EBFL
quote:The only things i have done are download things from Demonoid.
Originally posted by .OxY
Have you done anything recently related to the problem? Installed/changed anything ect..?
Then, un-install/delete those things?
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 04:50 PM
quote:Can't open uTorrent?
Originally posted by .OxY
quote:
Originally posted by EBFL
quote:The only things i have done are download things from Demonoid.
Originally posted by .OxY
Have you done anything recently related to the problem? Installed/changed anything ect..?
Then, un-install/delete those things?
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by vaccination on 04-03-2007 at 05:26 PM
Mind telling us what you downloaded form uTorrent?
and also, where any of them executables which you then installed?
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 05:29 PM
quote:Only song albums
Originally posted by vaccination
Mind telling us what you downloaded form uTorrent?
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by vaccination on 04-03-2007 at 05:33 PM
Can't see that they'd cause any problems.
Try booting up in safe mode and then scanning for viruses and spyware.(make sure to update your anti-virus software first.)
RE: Badly Needed Help =[ by xJ + on 04-03-2007 at 05:34 PM
try deleting the entire file/folder via command prompt [NOT the safe mode command prompt].
The command:
del [location of you file/folder]
Example:
deleting a file:
del C:\users\test\delete\file.jpg
OR
del "C:\documents and settings\test user 123\file.jpg"
deleting an entire folder:
del C:\users\test\delete\*
OR
del "C:\documents and settings\test user 123\*"
restart your pc thereafter
hope it'll help
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 05:49 PM
Problem with Command prompt:
Windows Cannot open this file:
File: cmd.exe
Then i clicked: Use the web service to find the appropriate program and on Microsoft site it says this:
File Type: Unknown
Description: Windows does not recognize this file type.
EDIT: xJ + has been trying to help me and Command Prompt will not open either by run or by start menu
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by Supersonicdarky on 04-03-2007 at 07:36 PM
here.
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by EBFL on 04-03-2007 at 08:22 PM
quote:Thanks, but when i did it i tried extracting it then clicked it and nothing happened =[
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
here.
Just checked, it is now cmd.exe.lnk
Hmm, will someone dumb this down for me? =]
I am unable to system restore unless i go to safe mode then when the box comes up, click 'no.'
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by CookieRevised on 04-04-2007 at 03:15 AM
Did those albums you donwloaded came as compressed files which you needed to unpack or did they unpack themselfs?
Do you have "hide known file extensions" disabled in your Windows Explorer (<= most biggest cause of virus installations since you do not see what you run; you might think you double click on an album, excel file or whatever, but in reality you start up an exe instead).
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by EBFL on 04-05-2007 at 04:39 PM
quote:How do i find out?
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Do you have "hide known file extensions" disabled in your Windows Explorer
?
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by xJ + on 04-05-2007 at 05:21 PM
quote:In any of you folder, click tools on the menu bar > Folder Options > View. Under advanced settings, there will be an option call hide extension for known file types, just uncheck it and click OK.
Originally posted by EBFL
quote:How do i find out?
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Do you have "hide known file extensions" disabled in your Windows Explorer
that's if Cookie was refering to hide extension for known file type instead of hide known file extension.
RE: Badly Needing Help =[ by kao on 04-05-2007 at 06:22 PM
quote:Well, if you can see the extensions on files then it's clearly not on. Just look at a file
Originally posted by EBFL
quote:How do i find out?
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Do you have "hide known file extensions" disabled in your Windows Explorer