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Old June 28th 04, 05:35 AM
James
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Default Desktop Icons Missing

I keep getting a box.....top says EXPLORER, yellow
triangle with !.....An error has occured, Explorer will
now close... when I close, I have no more icons or start
menu. I only have my desktop background. Nothing works,
I have to restart and this vicious circle starts again.

HELP HELP
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Old June 28th 04, 06:24 AM
Noel Paton
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Default Desktop Icons Missing

try booting to Safe Mode - is that OK?
if so, then You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


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"James" wrote in message
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I keep getting a box.....top says EXPLORER, yellow
triangle with !.....An error has occured, Explorer will
now close... when I close, I have no more icons or start
menu. I only have my desktop background. Nothing works,
I have to restart and this vicious circle starts again.

HELP HELP



 




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