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GaryB
First, excuse the caps. I had sent an e-mail to someone explaining my
problem, and was too lazy to retype in small letters. ;-) Also excuse the
long post, which is a reflection of how long I've been trying to resolve my
problems!! I posted to the IE6 and Registry forums earlier. But, maybe I
have a file system or file association problem that is more appropriately
addressed here.
I've been trying to resolve the following issues:
IF I CLICK "START, RUN" AND JUST ENTER "REGEDIT" INTO THE RUN MENU, I
GET THE MESSAGE THAT "THIS INTERNET SHORTCUT CANNOT BE OPENED BECAUSE FAILED
TO RUN." IF I CLICK "START, RUN" AND "BROWSE" TO WHERE REGEDIT ACTUALLY IS
(IE. C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32) I CAN RUN REGEDIT.
I ALSO JUST TRIED TO OPEN A WORD DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO ANOTHER E-MAIL I
RECEIVED. THE SAME MESSAGE POPPED UP AND I COULDN'T OPEN IT FROM WITHIN
OUTLOOK EXPRESS. I HAVE TO SAVE IT TO DISK FIRST, THEN OPEN IT WITH WORD.
IF I OPEN CONTROL PANEL, AND TRY TO CLICK ONE OF THE APPLETS TO RUN IT,
THE MESSAGE THAT COMES UP IS "CANNOT FIND THE FILE RUNDLL32.EXE (OR ONE OF
ITS COMPONENTS....)" I KNOW THE FILE IS IN THE PROPER DIRECTORY!! I CAN
SEE IT.
I ALSO USE A MICROSOFT INTERNET KEYBOARD (THE ONE WITH THE BUTTONS ON
TOP, (RE. BACK, FORWARD, STOP, MAIL, SEARCH, FAV'S WEB/HOME AND THE BUTTONS
ON THE RIGH RE. MY COMPUTER, CALCULATOR AND SLEEP). NONE OF THESE BUTTONS
WORK ANYMORE. I'VE REINSTALLED THE M'SOFT KEYBOARD SOFTWARE, BUT NO LUCK.
I RUN PCCILLIN 2003 WITH FIREWALL. ALSO RAN SpyBot, Spyware
Blaster,Ad-Aware, SCANREG /R, AND TWEAKUI. NO LUCK. I REPAIRED / CLEANED
THE REGISTRY WITH UltraWin Cleaner 2002, EasyClean From Toni Arts, JV16
POWERTOOLS, HIJACK (SEE HIJACK FORUM SITE FOR LOG FILE POSTS), AND STILL NO
LUCK. I EXTRACTED A FRESH COPY OF RUNDLL32.EXE, AND EVEN REINSTALLING
WIN2KPRO OVERTOP, AND NO LUCK.
I'M AT A LOSS WHAT ELSE TO TRY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE
REGISTRY DEALING WITH FILE/PROGRAM ASSOCIATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO TRY. OTHER THAN REFORMATTING AND REINSTALLING!!
ANY HELP GREATFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED!!
(e-mail address removed)
problem, and was too lazy to retype in small letters. ;-) Also excuse the
long post, which is a reflection of how long I've been trying to resolve my
problems!! I posted to the IE6 and Registry forums earlier. But, maybe I
have a file system or file association problem that is more appropriately
addressed here.
I've been trying to resolve the following issues:
IF I CLICK "START, RUN" AND JUST ENTER "REGEDIT" INTO THE RUN MENU, I
GET THE MESSAGE THAT "THIS INTERNET SHORTCUT CANNOT BE OPENED BECAUSE FAILED
TO RUN." IF I CLICK "START, RUN" AND "BROWSE" TO WHERE REGEDIT ACTUALLY IS
(IE. C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32) I CAN RUN REGEDIT.
I ALSO JUST TRIED TO OPEN A WORD DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO ANOTHER E-MAIL I
RECEIVED. THE SAME MESSAGE POPPED UP AND I COULDN'T OPEN IT FROM WITHIN
OUTLOOK EXPRESS. I HAVE TO SAVE IT TO DISK FIRST, THEN OPEN IT WITH WORD.
IF I OPEN CONTROL PANEL, AND TRY TO CLICK ONE OF THE APPLETS TO RUN IT,
THE MESSAGE THAT COMES UP IS "CANNOT FIND THE FILE RUNDLL32.EXE (OR ONE OF
ITS COMPONENTS....)" I KNOW THE FILE IS IN THE PROPER DIRECTORY!! I CAN
SEE IT.
I ALSO USE A MICROSOFT INTERNET KEYBOARD (THE ONE WITH THE BUTTONS ON
TOP, (RE. BACK, FORWARD, STOP, MAIL, SEARCH, FAV'S WEB/HOME AND THE BUTTONS
ON THE RIGH RE. MY COMPUTER, CALCULATOR AND SLEEP). NONE OF THESE BUTTONS
WORK ANYMORE. I'VE REINSTALLED THE M'SOFT KEYBOARD SOFTWARE, BUT NO LUCK.
I RUN PCCILLIN 2003 WITH FIREWALL. ALSO RAN SpyBot, Spyware
Blaster,Ad-Aware, SCANREG /R, AND TWEAKUI. NO LUCK. I REPAIRED / CLEANED
THE REGISTRY WITH UltraWin Cleaner 2002, EasyClean From Toni Arts, JV16
POWERTOOLS, HIJACK (SEE HIJACK FORUM SITE FOR LOG FILE POSTS), AND STILL NO
LUCK. I EXTRACTED A FRESH COPY OF RUNDLL32.EXE, AND EVEN REINSTALLING
WIN2KPRO OVERTOP, AND NO LUCK.
I'M AT A LOSS WHAT ELSE TO TRY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE
REGISTRY DEALING WITH FILE/PROGRAM ASSOCIATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO TRY. OTHER THAN REFORMATTING AND REINSTALLING!!
ANY HELP GREATFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED!!
(e-mail address removed)