still problems with registry and files

[MarkP]

Hi...again.

I mentioned earlier a problem on a laptop under the thread 'Urgent help with
registry editor'. Thanks to Pegasus, Uncle John, Rick and Jason. However, I
still cannot run regedit and in the windows directory (system32) I only have
regedt32.exe. This is also the same on my working desktop.

If I try and run regedt32.exe nothing happens which is the same if I try and
run anything on the PC. All desktop icons have a .lnk extension and I found
the following pages when I goggled the problem but I need access to registry
to try and fix it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q172053/

and

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21372426.html

Any ideas gratefully received.

The system is (or was ) running XP home SP2

Many thanks.

 

[David Candy]

regedt32 starts regedit. Howevewr regedit is in Windows not System32 (for compatability reasons). Type sfc /scannow if it ain't there.

There are command line editors too. Type reg /? in a command prompt.

 

[DL]

So you have no regedit.exe in the Windows folder? (NB regedit not regedt)
Double clicking on regedt32.exe doesnt fire the app?

 

[MarkP]

Hi,

No isn't doesn't start as the system has lost all file associations. It
doesn't know what to do with .exe files.

Sorry, regedit.exe is in windows directory but as I say it wont run as it
doesn't know what it is.

 

[MarkP]

Hi , see my answer to DL please.

Thanks for helping.


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
regedt32 starts regedit. Howevewr regedit is in Windows not System32 (for
compatability reasons). Type sfc /scannow if it ain't there.

There are command line editors too. Type reg /? in a command prompt.

 

[David Candy]

Start it in a command prompt. It doesn't care about File Associations. Ctrl + Alt + Delete, File menu - Ctrl + New Task (Run)

Should give you a command prompt (which is an exe after all) without using file associations as well.

 

[David Candy]

If that doesn't work, what does work. Html, doc?

 

[David Candy]

Perhaps Toerag will join in this thread with some spam for a unneeded program

 

[MarkP]

Hi David,

I managed to run it from safe mode and have used a few registry file
association fixes from this website -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

only half the system is working as I still cant get to system restore in the
control panel.

Looks like I'll have to try and get data off and reformat.

Thanks.

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Start it in a command prompt. It doesn't care about File Associations. Ctrl
+ Alt + Delete, File menu - Ctrl + New Task (Run)

Should give you a command prompt (which is an exe after all) without using
file associations as well.

 

[David Candy]

%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe

Will run System Restore. System Restore isn't in Control Panel. It's Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools

What is you actual problem, and its history.