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Old July 12th 04, 03:31 PM
Kris
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Where did my start.exe go??? It's gone and I can't open
any of my programs!!!! Can anyone help? I can't believe
Explorer is still working...I can't open Outlook Express!
My life is on hold!! Please tell me what to do! I've
tried everything and searched everywhere! THANKS!
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Old July 12th 04, 06:31 PM
Ron Badour
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Default start.exe missing????

Why do you say: I've tried everything and searched everywhere!

If this is true, then there is no solution and you are wasting our time.
Then again, maybe you have tried a lot of things but not everything and you
should tell **exactly** what you tried and the what the results were. There
is no sense in us providing recommendations of things that you have tried.

I do not believe start.exe is a valid file--it sounds like something that
might have been caused by a virus infection. Did your PC have an infection?
Do you get an error notice for every program you try to start saying that
start.exe is missing and it is needed to start applications?
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"Kris" wrote in message
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Where did my start.exe go??? It's gone and I can't open
any of my programs!!!! Can anyone help? I can't believe
Explorer is still working...I can't open Outlook Express!
My life is on hold!! Please tell me what to do! I've
tried everything and searched everywhere! THANKS!



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Old July 12th 04, 07:23 PM
Ingeborg
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Default start.exe missing????

"Kris" wrote in news:2b3be01c4681c
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Where did my start.exe go??? It's gone and I can't open
any of my programs!!!! Can anyone help? I can't believe
Explorer is still working...I can't open Outlook Express!
My life is on hold!! Please tell me what to do! I've
tried everything and searched everywhere! THANKS!


It seems to me that you have an kephyr infection

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...sh/index.phtml
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Old July 12th 04, 10:57 PM
glee
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Default start.exe missing????

You asked this in win98.gen_discussion yesterday and I replied last night. Please
check your posts for replies, instead of posting over again in multiple groups.

My original reply:
You may have a hijacker program named Secret-Crush:
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/s/secret-crush.asp

Follow the manual removal instructions to determine if it is your problem.
Also, see he
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...sh/index.phtml

It would help if you let us know what you have done so far, to get rid of the DOS
window.

Also, take a look in the Windows\Command folder, as there should be a valid file
named Start.exe there (though you do not need it to run executable files).

Post back with what you have done, and found, and what your results are.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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Where did my start.exe go??? It's gone and I can't open
any of my programs!!!! Can anyone help? I can't believe
Explorer is still working...I can't open Outlook Express!
My life is on hold!! Please tell me what to do! I've
tried everything and searched everywhere! THANKS!


 




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