3DA165B6-CC41-11d2-BDC6--00C24F79EC6B revisited

[Bill Franklin]

3DA165B6-CC41-11d2-BDC6--00C24F79EC6B
HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes|CLSID

I have this registry key in my system and can not remove
it. Fi-it Utilities deletes it, but it is (probably)
regenerated again immediately. Ihave deleted it manually
from the registry through Fix-it, and through
the "regedit" command in normal and safe modes. I
believe this is the reason Norton's Disk Doctor will not
run and gives me a message telling me that "the operating
system, or another process, currently has exclusive access
to this(C) drive, or some of its files". NDD has run at
startup, and all the known procedures as well, several
times.
Does anyone know what this thing is and how to get rid of
it and whatever keeps regenerating it?

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

I've answered this before, you are being hard-headed - NDD or "chkdsk" for
that matter, cannot run in "update" aka "fix mode" while WinXP is active -
it (WinXP) has "exclusive" use of the hard drives (this would also apply to
WinNT, Win2k all flavors and Win2k3). Your registry key is another issue.
It has an option to run at next "system boot" - your choice of when that
"boot" is.

 

[Bill Franklin]

I am not being hard-headed, perhaps soft-headed. NDD has
been scheduled to run at startup, and "chkdsk /f" has also
been scheduled to run at startup at another boot. Both
have run at boot, with the same result. When "chkdsk is
scheduled to run at boot, it runs and flashes a message
too fast for me to read it, then tells me the disk
is "clean". NDD is scheduled to run at startup, and runs
after the system boots and shows the "desktop" image.
Each time NDD gives the "exclusive use" message.

If I am failing, it is because I know of no way to
implement your recommendation other than to
schedule "chkdsk /f" to run at the next boot. Similarly, I
schedule NDD to run at the next boot, and that it runs as
soon as the "desktop" screen is displayed. I don't
believe I am refusing to comply, but I am ignorant of any
other method of doing what I understand you to be
recommending.

Finally, I appreciate your continued attempts to help. If
I am missing some point, I will try to comply with any
effort to get through my hard or soft head.

At the same time, any suggestions on getting rid of a
suspicious registry key?