blank screen at boot up - windows will not open

[godfather]

When I tried to boot my pc this morning I received the welcome screen
but wound up with a blank desktop. I tried system restore back to
yesterday, booting to the last known config that worked, safe mode and
safe mode with command prompt. I still received the blank screen.

I have not installed any new software or hardware recently. Can
someone suggest how I can complete the boot process and get windows to
open?

 

[Guest]

Repair installation: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/tips/dougknox/doug92.asp

 

[godfather]

Thanks for the suggestion; I printed out the instructions and I will
try running repair as a last resort.

I was able to access the task manager and I clicked on new task and
typed in desktop the desktop appeared along with an error screen


Windows cannot find '/idlist,:01844,C:\Documents'. Make
sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To
search for a file, click the Start button, and then click
search.

I click on ok and it went away.

When I reboot the same thing happens. I ran a file search on idlist
and found nothing.

Any other suggestions?