Re: Lost my start up menu

First try this: [Open Task Manager - Run new Task - type REGEDIT and press
enter.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File
Execution Options\explorer.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File
Execution Options\iexplorer.exe

Once these keys are deleted the desktop and internet explorer should come
back to life. Find those keys. Delete them and make a restart. Hope you will
get your Desktop back. Found this while searching web. Working for any users.

Otherwise
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I will suggest you to run your Windows in Safe Mode then first step is to
Uninstall the application that cause the problem. Check out the Add/Remove
Prorgams and uninstall those unwanted applications. While in Safe Mode, click
Start - Run - type MSCONFIG and press enter. From the Startup tab uncheck all
or those entries you have doubt about. Run your Anti-Spyware software and
make sure that your system is clean enough.

If this is what you've already done then give it a try. In Safe Mode, create
a New User Account with Administrative Privileges from Control Panel. Restart
and try login to that account. See if this help.

Else try this in Run window through Task Manager:

sfc /scannow

Secondly, try to do a System Restore from Command Prompt
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b304449

If System Restore is giving error messages then try this:
For the System Restore problem, you can try reinstalling it. To do this (and
you may need a Windows CD), Make sure "show hidden files" is enabled in
Folder Options > View. The navigate to c:\Windows\INF and locate:

sr.inf

Right click on that and select "install".

if you cannot get System Restore working, is sometimes resolved by
reinstalling Internet Explorer. Install it from a CD or download it from
Internet?

Last but not least, download and run Adaware SE and some kind of registry
mechanic to repair registry and see if they help.

Let us know, which one works for you.
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"Rick" wrote:

Explorer.exe will not load. I am still stuck with a startup screen that
consists of a minimized desktop picture surrounded with a blue border and
nothing else. This whole issue began with my NHL04 game running so slowly
that I decided to get rid of a program that took up a look of space and was
not being used. The program was Dreamweaver. My NHL game by the way changes
the resolution of the screen. The game did not speed up appreciatively so I
shut down the game and computer. Next startup and voila.
Rick Wolfe
Malaspina



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