Dr. Watson Problem?

I am having a problem with a computer and I cannnot figure a solution.
Whenever the computer startups, icons fill all the empty spaces on the
desktop. These icons have names like "Ct7a.idx", and when I check properties
on them, it says they are Dr. Watson files. The person that owns this
computer has deleted Dr. Watson (not sure why), but this makes viewing the
files impossible. If I delete all the icons, they re-appear on reboot. What
is causing these icons? I have ran Norton, Ad-Aware, HJT, Spybot and every
other scanner (all updated), and they all find nothing. The computer behave
fine other than this one problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Those are *not* Dr. Watson files. See:
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=IDX

Someone obviously tried to open those files, got an "Open With"
dialogue, chose Dr. Watson, and left the "Always Use This..." box
checked. Try using Notepad to open one of these files and see if you can
find any hint as to what they are (in addition to the list in that link
above, you can probably figure out what they are.) My guess is that
whatever is making them is misconfigured to use the Desktop as the
storage folder.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"john_75915" wrote in message
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I am having a problem with a computer and I cannnot figure a solution.
Whenever the computer startups, icons fill all the empty spaces on the
desktop. These icons have names like "Ct7a.idx", and when I check
properties
on them, it says they are Dr. Watson files. The person that owns this
computer has deleted Dr. Watson (not sure why), but this makes viewing
the
files impossible. If I delete all the icons, they re-appear on
reboot. What
is causing these icons? I have ran Norton, Ad-Aware, HJT, Spybot and
every
other scanner (all updated), and they all find nothing. The computer
behave
fine other than this one problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Sorry it took so long to get back on. Had trouble with my Direcway (what
else is new!). Anyway, the problem was Registry Mechanic. It was placing
these files on the desktop. All folder settings (backup, log, etc..) were
set correctly, yet it still placed all these icons on startup. I have never
liked Registry Mechanic, but I have never had this sort of problem with it.
By the way, the .idx files all said "TIDX" and then a series of symbols.
Thanks for your help.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

Those are *not* Dr. Watson files. See:
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=IDX

Someone obviously tried to open those files, got an "Open With"
dialogue, chose Dr. Watson, and left the "Always Use This..." box
checked. Try using Notepad to open one of these files and see if you can
find any hint as to what they are (in addition to the list in that link
above, you can probably figure out what they are.) My guess is that
whatever is making them is misconfigured to use the Desktop as the
storage folder.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"john_75915" wrote in message
...
I am having a problem with a computer and I cannnot figure a solution.
Whenever the computer startups, icons fill all the empty spaces on the
desktop. These icons have names like "Ct7a.idx", and when I check
properties
on them, it says they are Dr. Watson files. The person that owns this
computer has deleted Dr. Watson (not sure why), but this makes viewing
the
files impossible. If I delete all the icons, they re-appear on
reboot. What
is causing these icons? I have ran Norton, Ad-Aware, HJT, Spybot and
every
other scanner (all updated), and they all find nothing. The computer
behave
fine other than this one problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Those damned Registry Cleaner tools can cause large amounts of grief. I
don't recommend *any* of them for everyday users. Not one!

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"john_75915" wrote in message
...
Sorry it took so long to get back on. Had trouble with my Direcway
(what
else is new!). Anyway, the problem was Registry Mechanic. It was
placing
these files on the desktop. All folder settings (backup, log, etc..)
were
set correctly, yet it still placed all these icons on startup. I have
never
liked Registry Mechanic, but I have never had this sort of problem
with it.
By the way, the .idx files all said "TIDX" and then a series of
symbols.
Thanks for your help.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

Those are *not* Dr. Watson files. See:
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=IDX

Someone obviously tried to open those files, got an "Open With"
dialogue, chose Dr. Watson, and left the "Always Use This..." box
checked. Try using Notepad to open one of these files and see if you
can
find any hint as to what they are (in addition to the list in that
link
above, you can probably figure out what they are.) My guess is that
whatever is making them is misconfigured to use the Desktop as the
storage folder.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"john_75915" wrote in message
...
I am having a problem with a computer and I cannnot figure a
solution.
Whenever the computer startups, icons fill all the empty spaces on
the
desktop. These icons have names like "Ct7a.idx", and when I check
properties
on them, it says they are Dr. Watson files. The person that owns
this
computer has deleted Dr. Watson (not sure why), but this makes
viewing
the
files impossible. If I delete all the icons, they re-appear on
reboot. What
is causing these icons? I have ran Norton, Ad-Aware, HJT, Spybot
and
every
other scanner (all updated), and they all find nothing. The
computer
behave
fine other than this one problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.