Re: Application Not Found errors

Is it possible that any application file that is an executable has lost its
file association? It seems like the computer does not know how to open or
run .exe files.

"Gerry" wrote:

Andy

They do not point to the problem you are complaining about.


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andy wrote:
Thanks Gerry. I've pasted an error and warning log below. I'm not
sure if it points to anything useful but please let me know.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 1/27/2008
Time: 4:10:56 PM
User: N/A
Computer: JOEKNAN
Description:
Hanging application pspa.exe, version 4.0.0.3, hang module hungapp,
version
0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 70 73 70 61 2e 65 pspa.e
0018: 78 65 20 34 2e 30 2e 30 xe 4.0.0
0020: 2e 33 20 69 6e 20 68 75 .3 in hu
0028: 6e 67 61 70 70 20 30 2e ngapp 0.
0030: 30 2e 30 2e 30 20 61 74 0.0.0 at
0038: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0040: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 00000000

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Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Microsoft Fax
Event Category: Initialization/Termination
Event ID: 32068
Date: 1/27/2008
Time: 2:50:24 PM
User: N/A
Computer: JOEKNAN
Description:
The outgoing routing rule is not valid because it cannot find a valid
device. The outgoing faxes that use this rule will not be routed.
Verify that the targeted device or devices (if routed to a group of
devices) is connected and installed correctly, and turned on. If
routed to a group, verify that the group is configured correctly.
Country/region code: '*' Area code: '*'

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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"Gerry" wrote:

Andy

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear
in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which
appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from Event Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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andy wrote:
Hi All. I'm new to these boards. I am encountering an issue on my
parent's machine that I can not resolve. The machine is a DELL
running Win XP with all the latest patches. Today if I try to run a
MS Office application (Word, Excel, etc) I get the error
"Application Not Found". If I try to run McAfee Security Center I
get a pop up asking me to "Choose the program you want to use to
open this file:" But none of them are the right programs. If I try
to access Control Panel and run any application like click on Add
Or Remove Programs I get the error c:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe
Application Not Found. But the file rundll32 is in that folder. I
saw it in Windows explorer.

I'm not sure what could have happened to the machine. Maybe a
virus? Has enyone encountered a similar issue before? I'm not sure
what changed but if I can not fix it, is there a way I can restore
the settings on the machine as they were a week ago so at least my
control panel applications work? Did the registry get messed up?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.



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