Pinball missing in action.

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From: Mainframe (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/26/04


Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:24:39 -0700


>-----Original Message-----
>A while ago I lost both Wordpad & Pinball from my
computer. the Shortcuts were still there.
>
>I did a system restore (backed up about 2 weeks, the
last time I played Pinball) and Wordpad was reborn.
However, Pinball only flashes its opening screen for less
than a second when I hit the shortcut.
>
>I've disabled my pop-up stopper, etc., but still no
Pinball.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Try to find this file manually to findout if its still on
the harddrive- if the file was deleted or something

the shortcut would be broken, and would give you a message

"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Pinball\PINBALL.EXE"



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