Re: Program Files/Microsoft Works/Wkdetect.exe

Thought I was losing my marbles as I couldn't locate most of the entries you
had nominated. It wasn't until I ran nwiz.exe that I discovered the probable
reason why!
The wizard indicated - "nView Desktop Manager has been installed on your
computer but it has NOT been enabled". The only entries I could locate were:
services.msc Driver Helper Service (Stopped/Disabled); regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Value Name:
nwiz Value Data: nwiz.exe/install (Deleted). Subsequent to deleting the
nwiz.exe/install entry, I was able to delete permenantly the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Value Name
NVIEW Value Data rundll32.exe nview dll, nView LoadHook entry (multiple
monitors). Previous to this that entry kept reappearing upon each boot-up. I
am reasonably satisfied that NVIDIA is not now devouring precious memory
resources and will be watching closely my next large MPEG video capture
(which should be in a day or two). Should I continue to experience the
problems that I have been having up to now I will be looking to pick peoples'
brains with another thread. So as I said earlier: "PLEASE STAYED TUNED". Many
thanks for your assistance, it has given me a good insight into an aspect of
my OS that I had never ventured into before. Best Regards.
Bob Deb


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Using 'regedit' located NVIEW REG_SZ rundll32.exe nview.dll,nViewLoadHook
- deleted entry but it keeps returning upon each PC bootup.

There is something else that probably needs to be disabled. I do not know
what specifically because I have disabled all of the Nvidia crap.

I think that I have everything here.

Disable the NVIDIA Display Driver Service...
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | OK |
Scroll down to and double click: NVIDIA Display Driver Service |
Under Startup type set to Disabled | Apply | Click the Stop button |
When it stops click OK | You may have to reboot
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NvMediaCenter
[[RunDLL32.exe NvMCTray.dll, NvTaskbarInit System Tray icon used to manage
settings for nVidia based graphics cards. May be required for some 3D
applications to recognize your card correctly - such as the game
"Everquest". Otherwise, settings can be changed manually via Display
Properties]]

Nview.dll = NVIDIA nView Desktop and Window Manager

Name NVIEW
Description This is a DLL to enable multiple display monitors on a single
computer. It can be a cause of numerous problems on some computers
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: NVIEW
Value Data: rundll32.exe nview.dll, nViewLoadHook
Right click on NVIEW in the right hand pane, select delete and click Yes to
the prompt.
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NvCplDaemon
System Tray icon used to change display settings, change the clock rate and
memory speed for nVidia based graphics cards. This is unnecessary since you
can easily configure these settings the way you want them in the Display
Properties and not have to mess with them again. Also disable the "NVIDIA
Driver Helper Service" if enabled as it can cause this entry to be
re-enabled on re-boot (note that this service can also cause extreme
shutdown delays if enabled
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?letter=R&filter=&count=50&offset=150
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nwiz.exe = NVIDIA nView Wizard
[[Application enables user to having 32 virtual desktops, get a desktop
larger than the viewable area of the monitor, being able to divide the
display across more than one monitor, managing applications and many more
functionality.]]
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Manually delete these three entries:
NvCplDaemon, NvMediaCenter and nwiz.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: NvCplDaemon
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: NvMediaCenter
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: nwiz
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: nwiz.exe /install

Right click on NvCplDaemon, NvMediaCenter and nwiz one at a time in the
right hand pane, select

Delete and click Yes to the prompt.
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If interested.
Download and install ShellExView (shexview.exe)...

ShellExView download
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/shellexview.html

Open ShellExView and disable the Nvidia right click Menu entries.
These five entries...
Extension Name: Desktop Explorer
Extension Name: Desktop Explorer Menu
Extension Name: DesktopContext Class
Extension Name: NVIDIA CPL Extension
Extension Name: nView Desktop Context Menu

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:8C3BDD18-9EE8-4097-9C9A-CA2CF15CC00C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob Deb <BobDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi Wesley - sorry for delay, been busy. Have had mixed success as follows:
Using 'regedit' located NVIEW REG_SZ rundll32.exe nview.dll,nViewLoadHook
- deleted entry but it keeps returning upon each PC bootup. Am I
approaching this from the right direction? I am unfamiliar with registry
searching, would be grateful if you could run me through correct
procedures. To compensate for my ignorance in this I downloaded and ran a
regsearch utility (freeware) but access to registry entries is "denied -
unauthorised", is there some way of getting around this?
Disabled/stopped services.msc NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
(C:|WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe) the only reference I could find to
NVIDEA. No apparent change to display characteristics after rebooting, so
I went into Device Manager and disabled Display adapters\NVIDEA GeForce
MX440 (all drivers), then custom configured display characteristics to
suit personal taste after re-booting.
I am anxious to streamline my OS as much as possible as I regularly
capture large MPEG video files (2GB - 6GB) and am having problems (more
about that in another thread PLEASE STAY TUNED) thus I would like to
disable all unnecessary resource consuming applications that I can. Hope
I'm not stretching the friendship in asking that you pass an opinion on
the way I am doing (or more likely "not doing") it. Many Thanks.
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Bob Deb


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Hi Bob,

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set) gets created whenever a new key is
created. Ignore these.

Sometimes when the (value not set) is missing there can be problems.

I am not sure exactly what happened, but glad you got rid of
WkDetect.exe.

Here's the skinny on NVIEW. I also have an Nvidia graphics card. I have
every Nvidia item that I can disabled, even the Nvidia right click
context menu stuff. If you want I can post all of that later.

Nview.dll = NVIDIA nView Desktop and Window Manager

Name NVIEW
Command rundll32.exe nview.dll, nViewLoadHook
Description This is a DLL to enable multiple display monitors on a single
computer. It can be a cause of numerous problems on some computers

If you do not have multiple monitors, you can get rid of this.

Navigate to it in the registry...
NVIEW REG_SZ rundll32.exe nviewdll,nviewLoadHook

Then right click on NVIEW and select Delete, click YES to the prompt.

Also...
nvsvc32.exe is the NVIDIA Display Driver Service.

My advice...Disable it, it doesn't need to run. I have had mine disabled
for ages.

Disable the NVIDIA Display Driver Service...
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | OK |
Scroll down to and double click: NVIDIA Display Driver Service |
Under Startup type set to Disabled | Apply | Click the Stop button |
When it stops click OK | You may have to reboot


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:FF667A93-F919-483C-A9A1-42CE290922DA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob Deb <BobDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Have solved the problem - neither Startup Insp or Reg Mech make any
reference to the missing Wkdetect.exe file but, being unfamiliar with
deleting reg entries, I am a little unsure about the procedure I used
being the correct way to do it. Could you please pass an opinion on what
happened:- Ran 'Regedit', Located and opened folder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Two
icons displayed: Name Type Data
(Default) REG_SZ -
NVIEW REG_SZ rundll32.exe
nviewdll,nviewLoadHook
I "double-clicked" the (Default) icon and an "Edit String" dialog box
opened, entered the Value Data (Value Name field dimmed out) and "OK'd".
This is where the unexpected happened, I expected to see references to
Wkdetect.exe in order that I could delete them but all that happened was
the Value Data was added to (Default) icon line: Name Type
Data
(Default) REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Works\WkDetect.exe
NVIEW REG_SZ rundll32.exe nviewdll,nviewLoadHook
Thinking "that's not what I'm after", I immediately re-opened the dialog
box and deleted the Value Data string so that things were restored to
normal, closed regedit and restarted the PC. Problem fixed! No reference
to Wkdetect.exe by either utility. I have since done several restarts to
ensure that it is a continuing fix and not just a "one-off" fluke. But
the method does not seem right to me - it is certainly not what I
anticipated, did I go off the rails somewhere with my procedure? Look
forward to any advice you can offer. Many Thanks.

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Bob Deb


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Hi Bob,

may have reached its' "use by" date

LOL I like that!

Startup Inspector & Reg Mechanic are probably seeing a reference to
Wkdetect.exe, since it/they are pointing to a non-existent file both
complain.

Do a Registry search for Wkdetect.exe and get rid of any startup
references to Wkdetect.exe. Then you can get rid of the complaints.

From my research on the web, it supposedly starts from here...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: Microsoft Works Update Detection
Value Data: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:C2B08CC8-FCB8-4C0F-BC40-3D3235229C63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob Deb <BobDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Many Thanks for the advice, I have a theory (doubtless wrong) that
Works 6 may have reached its' "use by" date as far as future updates
are concerned, thus wkdetect.exe would be totally superfluous anyway.
Will have to give myself a slap on the wrist - forward slashes
instead of backslashes in my directory tree. I've been away from DOS
too long (more's the pity). Many thanks for you help, I will keep
ignoring the highlights from Startup Inspector and Reg Mechanic.
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Bob Deb


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Microsoft Works Update Detection
Wkdetect.exe checks for updates to MS Works

I have MS Works Suite 2004 (Works 7) and I do not have Wkdetect.exe.

I have no idea what versions Wkdetect.exe came with. MS Works 6.0
for one, which is apparently the version that you have. ;-)

I would not worry about it. Just something that would be running all
of the time anyway.

You can check for updates here...
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/downloads.mspx

The only update for Works 6 is that I saw was Works 6.0 Converter.
Only good if you have MS Word (included with the Suites). And Works
6 Utility: Print Works Calendar.

It Starts from here...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
As Microsoft Works Update Detection
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9827AE7D-7883-4548-A6FE-4860B8EB5B24@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob Deb <BobDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi All,
Both my Startup Inspector and Registry Mechanic continually
highlight the fact that this file is non existant on my XP OS. I
have tried searching Microsoft.com for it but without any real
success. I have established it is to enable Works Update Detection
(I have MS Works 2002 Installed). Is it necessary to have this
file? If so, where on the net can I get to download it? Many Thanks
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Bob Deb


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