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blindman.exe file
downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the
spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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blindman.exe file
I'll try and help you, although I must start out by saying my name's not vince:
can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince Okay, blindman.exe is a file that came with Spybot. My guess is you "vaulted" some items and then removed Spybot before deleting them, since it's looking for disables startup items? Perhaps, if you fo to the start menu and click on Run, and then in the box type "msconfig" (without quotes) you may see an item that resembles your old Spybot program. Is it checked? Uncheck it. See if that helps. "vince" wrote: downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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Oops, I'm new at this "advice" thing...after typing msconfig, go to startup.
It's the last tab on the right. NOW check to see if anything resembles Spybot!. I'm not sure if this is your problem, but it seems to me that at startup, something is referencing to something Spybot did. And since Spybot is not there, neither is blindman.exe. I would think that the item doing the referencing would be in msconfig startup menu. "Paradoxdb3" wrote: I'll try and help you, although I must start out by saying my name's not vince: can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince Okay, blindman.exe is a file that came with Spybot. My guess is you "vaulted" some items and then removed Spybot before deleting them, since it's looking for disables startup items? Perhaps, if you fo to the start menu and click on Run, and then in the box type "msconfig" (without quotes) you may see an item that resembles your old Spybot program. Is it checked? Uncheck it. See if that helps. "vince" wrote: downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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What you apparently did was install Spybot, then used it to disable some startup
items, then uninstalled Spybot without first re-enabling the startup items. ...from "What is blindman.exe for?" http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/25.html quote Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension ..lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. /quote If you have disabled startup items with SpyBot, it changed their *.lnk extension to a *.disabled extension. When Windows starts and it can't handle the *.disabled startup items because blindman is no longer installed. You can reinstall SpyBot, then re-enable the startup items you disabled. Alternately, you could edit all the files from the startup axis that have the ..disabled extension, to a .lnk extension . You can do this by searching the hard drive for *.disabled, and renaming them to change the file extension. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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They say third time's a charm. Let's see if it holds true! I found more
info on blindman.exe... Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension .lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. Vince, here's my suggestion. Rename all your startup items from filename.disabled to filename.lnk, with filename being the name of the app. But still check to see if anything in msconfig is left behind from Spybot. "vince" wrote: downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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Okay, glee...you got to it 2 minutes before me! And I was SO close to having
the glory! Just kidding! "glee" wrote: What you apparently did was install Spybot, then used it to disable some startup items, then uninstalled Spybot without first re-enabling the startup items. ...from "What is blindman.exe for?" http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/25.html quote Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension ..lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. /quote If you have disabled startup items with SpyBot, it changed their *.lnk extension to a *.disabled extension. When Windows starts and it can't handle the *.disabled startup items because blindman is no longer installed. You can reinstall SpyBot, then re-enable the startup items you disabled. Alternately, you could edit all the files from the startup axis that have the ..disabled extension, to a .lnk extension . You can do this by searching the hard drive for *.disabled, and renaming them to change the file extension. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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I want to thank you both but I actually saw Paradoxdb3 first and acted on
it, however I could not find the file he mentioned, but noticed a file download plus.ink disabled I guess and unchecked that one. when I came back and read glee's post I think I got the right one. tryed it and started up ok...thank you both for helping this old man..... "Paradoxdb3" wrote: Okay, glee...you got to it 2 minutes before me! And I was SO close to having the glory! Just kidding! "glee" wrote: What you apparently did was install Spybot, then used it to disable some startup items, then uninstalled Spybot without first re-enabling the startup items. ...from "What is blindman.exe for?" http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/25.html quote Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension ..lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. /quote If you have disabled startup items with SpyBot, it changed their *.lnk extension to a *.disabled extension. When Windows starts and it can't handle the *.disabled startup items because blindman is no longer installed. You can reinstall SpyBot, then re-enable the startup items you disabled. Alternately, you could edit all the files from the startup axis that have the ..disabled extension, to a .lnk extension . You can do this by searching the hard drive for *.disabled, and renaming them to change the file extension. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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Just for clarity, the file extension for shortcuts is .lnk, not .ink as you typed
it. It is an L not an I ..LNK -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... I want to thank you both but I actually saw Paradoxdb3 first and acted on it, however I could not find the file he mentioned, but noticed a file download plus.ink disabled I guess and unchecked that one. when I came back and read glee's post I think I got the right one. tryed it and started up ok...thank you both for helping this old man..... "Paradoxdb3" wrote: Okay, glee...you got to it 2 minutes before me! And I was SO close to having the glory! Just kidding! "glee" wrote: What you apparently did was install Spybot, then used it to disable some startup items, then uninstalled Spybot without first re-enabling the startup items. ...from "What is blindman.exe for?" http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/25.html quote Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension ..lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. /quote If you have disabled startup items with SpyBot, it changed their *.lnk extension to a *.disabled extension. When Windows starts and it can't handle the *.disabled startup items because blindman is no longer installed. You can reinstall SpyBot, then re-enable the startup items you disabled. Alternately, you could edit all the files from the startup axis that have the ..disabled extension, to a .lnk extension . You can do this by searching the hard drive for *.disabled, and renaming them to change the file extension. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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thank you I typed it wrong, it was as you said.....that's the box I
unchecked....but when I downloaded spybot I did see and startup files. I just downloaded the program. and I had not taken anything out before I downloaded the program. I just went to my add/remove and removed it......thanks again for your help..vince "glee" wrote: Just for clarity, the file extension for shortcuts is .lnk, not .ink as you typed it. It is an L not an I ..LNK -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... I want to thank you both but I actually saw Paradoxdb3 first and acted on it, however I could not find the file he mentioned, but noticed a file download plus.ink disabled I guess and unchecked that one. when I came back and read glee's post I think I got the right one. tryed it and started up ok...thank you both for helping this old man..... "Paradoxdb3" wrote: Okay, glee...you got to it 2 minutes before me! And I was SO close to having the glory! Just kidding! "glee" wrote: What you apparently did was install Spybot, then used it to disable some startup items, then uninstalled Spybot without first re-enabling the startup items. ...from "What is blindman.exe for?" http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/25.html quote Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension ..lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the ..disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. /quote If you have disabled startup items with SpyBot, it changed their *.lnk extension to a *.disabled extension. When Windows starts and it can't handle the *.disabled startup items because blindman is no longer installed. You can reinstall SpyBot, then re-enable the startup items you disabled. Alternately, you could edit all the files from the startup axis that have the ..disabled extension, to a .lnk extension . You can do this by searching the hard drive for *.disabled, and renaming them to change the file extension. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "vince" wrote in message ... downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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thanks but I hope that solves the problem I haven't got a clue how to do your
suggestion on rename the files.... "Paradoxdb3" wrote: They say third time's a charm. Let's see if it holds true! I found more info on blindman.exe... Some of you may have noticed a new file blindman.exe inside the Spybot-S&D folder, and have asked yourself what it is for. In short words: it does nothing. I guess an explanation is needed why a file that does exactly nothing comes with Spybot-S&D. Spybot-S&D offers a tool to control the System startup in its Tools section. This includes the ability to disable or enable startup entries from the Autostart group (found in your Start menu under Programs). This group contains links to the actual files. Windows stores those links as files with the extension .lnk. When Windows encounters a *.lnk file in that folder upon startup, it will start the linked application. Now the easiest way to disable those entries is to change the extension. The System startup tool of Spybot-S&D does simply change the extension .lnk to .disabled. This easily prevents the linked application from being started. But as Windows does not know this extension, this could slow the startup down. So Spybot-S&D does link that extension to blindman.exe. Windows now tries to run the .disabled file with blindman.exe - and as blindman.exe does exactly nothing, there is no slow-down in booting. Vince, here's my suggestion. Rename all your startup items from filename.disabled to filename.lnk, with filename being the name of the app. But still check to see if anything in msconfig is left behind from Spybot. "vince" wrote: downloaded a spybot system to get rid of spyware. after running i removed the spybot and now everytime i start up a box comes up[ saying Program cannot be found windows cnnot find blindman.exe. file. This program is needed for opening files of type "disabled startup file" can anyone help an old guy...Thank you vince |
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