Re: can't open regedit.exe
- From: Jose <jose_ease@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 09:42:15 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 7, 12:09 pm, Vivi <V...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jose:
I followed the instructions yoy gave to Tracy and managed to get into regedit
The only two entries that have backslashes are:
Name: msacm.iac2 Data c:\WINDOWS\sistem32\iac25_32.ax
Name: mscam.l3acm Data: c:\WINDOWS\system32\l3codeca.acm
Could these be the culprits? Where do I go from now?
Help!
"Jose" wrote:
On May 7, 2:14 pm, "Ron Badour" <So...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't say regedit.com would fix the problem. I suggested a possible
cause for the problem and I told him a possible way to get around
regedit.exe not working.
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Jose" <jose_e...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On May 6, 7:40 pm, "Ron Badour" <So...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As Pegasus mentioned, a virus/Trojan/malware can be responsible for this
problem. I recently cleaned up a computer where I could not install or run
AV or malware programs and the registry editor would not open. These
*%$#_()(*=@ virus writers are writing pretty sophisticated programs now
days. If this should be your problem, what you can do is slave the
infected
hard drive up to an uninfected machine and use the software on that PC to
clean the infected drive. This method will not clean the registry entries
but it should get rid of enough infected files that you can run scans with
up to date AV and malware programs on the infected PC. Should you need
specific instructions, please post back.
Another thing you can try is to change the extension on regedit.exe to
regedit.com and then try double clicking the file.
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Tracy" <Tracy.bug...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hello,
i have windows xp service pack 2 and can no longer run regedit.
i run it, the desktop goes blank for a few seconds and the taskbar
disappears. they come back, but the registry editor will not open..
the file regedit.exe is in the winnt folder, so i don't know what's
going
on.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you.
Tracy
* * * * * * * * * *
The problem is that regedit.exe will not run. A copy called
regedit.com may work, but does not fix the problem :)
Let's see if my other questions get answered.
I am quite sure it is a trojan - like you said.
I just would like to get the other questions answered to be sure my
idea for solution is on track.
Good for you.
You need to be sure to run these suggested detection programs:
Download, install, update and do a full scan with these three free
malware detection programs:
Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/
AVG (AVG): http://free.avg.com/
The first entry in your example is just plain wrong (sistem).
Hopefully that is a typo.
Those referenced files have to do with MP3 or DVD type things and they
are not the issue with the problem we are tracking here.
Let's see if you have another symptom:
Can you get to a command prompt by going to Start, Run, cmd <enter>?
If yes, just type exit to close the window.
Just report if that works or not. We should take a look at that
entire registry value, so get back into regedit and navigate to here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
\Drivers32
Make sure on the left side, that the Drivers32 folder is highlighted.
Click File, Export and then pick a file name and location you can
remember. Exit regedit.
Navigate to the file (probably with a .reg extension), right click it
and choose Edit (not Open).
The contents of the file will be displayed in some text editor, type
CTRL+a to select all, CTRL+c to copy to the clipboard, come back here
and if your next message, type CTRL+v to paste the clipboard contents
into your message.
It should look something like this in your new post, and you can see
in my example, I have similar entries to yours (without the sistem),
but those are okay.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
\Drivers32]
"midimapper"="midimap.dll"
"msacm.imaadpcm"="imaadp32.acm"
"msacm.msadpcm"="msadp32.acm"
"msacm.msg711"="msg711.acm"
"msacm.msgsm610"="msgsm32.acm"
"msacm.trspch"="tssoft32.acm"
..
.. (more stuff)
..
"msacm.iac2"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\iac25_32.ax"
"vidc.iv50"="ir50_32.dll"
"msacm.l3acm"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\l3codeca.acm"
..
.. (more stuff)
..
Jose
.
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