Invalid File Extensions

[Terry Pinnell]

Norton WinDoctor reports 8 problems in the category: Invalid File
Extensions. "The File Extensions section of your Windows Registry
contains one or more invalid entries."

A typical example is:
Missing or Invalid Key: ".gst"
The file extension, ".gst," refers to an invalid program identifier,
"MSMap.Datainst.8."

The 8 extensions are gst, idc, ldb, MSOLAPRole.1, pcb, sll, tuw, wll.
I don't recognise any of them at a glance.

Norton won't fix them automatically. The options offered for manual
repair are either to delete or edit the invalid Registry entry. Is it
best to simply delete please?

 

[Alan Edwards]

Hi Terry
With respect...
What NWD tells you in this case is inconsequential.
You can remove them if you no longer have the software or you can keep
them if you do.
It may be better to completely remove (uninstall) Norton Witch Doctor.

....Alan

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Hi Terry
With respect...
What NWD tells you in this case is inconsequential.
You can remove them if you no longer have the software or you can keep
them if you do.
It may be better to completely remove (uninstall) Norton Witch Doctor.

Thanks Alan. Actually I have recently seriously been considering
getting rid of my remaining Norton programs I have. I abandoned NAV in
favour of (free) AVG some months ago, but left Norton WinDoctor and
Norton One Button Checkup to do their scheduled weekly run, and also
kept Norton Unerase (which has occasionally been very useful and
recovered accidentally deleted files that the regular Recycle Bin
failed to catch.) But I've heard so many tales of the difficulties of
*completely* clearing out Norton stuff that I'm a bit wary about it.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Terry

I used this recently on a friend's new PC that had Norton stuff on
(after uninstalling). It seemed to have been successful.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2006031710323113
(MSIFIX.BAT, SymNRT & SYMMSICLEANUP.REG)

....Alan

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Terry

I used this recently on a friend's new PC that had Norton stuff on
(after uninstalling). It seemed to have been successful.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2006031710323113
(MSIFIX.BAT, SymNRT & SYMMSICLEANUP.REG)

...Alan

Great, thanks Alan. Duly downloaded all 3, for likely use in near
future.

BTW, I had to copy/paste the BAT and REG files into my text editor and
save from there. Seems a bit odd - I'd have though all 3 would simply
get downloaded?

 

[Alan Edwards]

All 3 will download, depending on your associations.
e.g. I have Edit as the default for .reg files instead of Merge, so I
have to right-click a .reg file and select Save Target As.
You may have Edit as the default for both .reg and .bat

....Alan

 

[Terry Pinnell]

All 3 will download, depending on your associations.
e.g. I have Edit as the default for .reg files instead of Merge, so I
have to right-click a .reg file and select Save Target As.
You may have Edit as the default for both .reg and .bat

No, it appears to be because Symantec designed the page for IE only.
Just noticed this clear note I missed earlier in my impatience: "The
steps that follow are for Internet Explorer. If you use a different
Web browser, the steps may vary slightly."

When I opened it in IE instead of my usual Firefox, they downloaded in
usual fashion. (Associations wouldn't affect the actual downloading
stage, which is not executing the file itself. Anyway, mine are set
like yours.)