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rlm7in
This happened after an attempt to remove some adware and spyware along
with Google toolbar, Google desktop search, and Google updater (I
asked for NONE of the Google products, nor did I install them, at
least not knowingly).
I ran Adaware and Spybot and removed the few non-google entries they
caught. In order to remove Google related items, I had to go to Safe
Mode and do a search for all things Google. After I deleted all files
marked "google" (there were a surprising amount) I still had my normal
deskstop, then upon booting up the next day, I had no desktop icons,
start button, or task bar.
I discovered the following:
The task bar is not merely hidden or squashed at the bottom of the
page.
Right clicking the desktop has no effect.
Running System Restore gave me a message saying that it can't restore
to the point I chose. I tried this twice.
ctrl + alt + del allows me to browse files via the Task Manager. It
appears that all picture or music files are intact. System folders
appear to be intact. I have yet locate the Recycle Bin.
So far, the only files to be displayed on screen are pictures via the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
Norton can be seen through browse option on the Task Manager, but it
will not display on screen so I can't tell if it's running when I call
it up.
Sending new shortcuts to the desktop doesn't work.
Running explorer.exe has no effect; this option was suggested as a
means of restoring the icons. However,"explorer.exe" keeps appearing
by default in the Task Manager "new task" command line.
Files can be copied to my E drive to be burned to CD, and the CD
Wizard appears on screen, but E drive can't recognize the presence of
a disc so I can't burn files to it.
Files apparently can't be deleted. Attempts to delete yield an error
message saying that there is trouble sending the command.
Booting in Safe mode doesn't change anything.
Booting as administrator doesn't change or restore things, either.
Can anyone advise me?
I would prefer not to re-format at the cost of losing my files.
with Google toolbar, Google desktop search, and Google updater (I
asked for NONE of the Google products, nor did I install them, at
least not knowingly).
I ran Adaware and Spybot and removed the few non-google entries they
caught. In order to remove Google related items, I had to go to Safe
Mode and do a search for all things Google. After I deleted all files
marked "google" (there were a surprising amount) I still had my normal
deskstop, then upon booting up the next day, I had no desktop icons,
start button, or task bar.
I discovered the following:
The task bar is not merely hidden or squashed at the bottom of the
page.
Right clicking the desktop has no effect.
Running System Restore gave me a message saying that it can't restore
to the point I chose. I tried this twice.
ctrl + alt + del allows me to browse files via the Task Manager. It
appears that all picture or music files are intact. System folders
appear to be intact. I have yet locate the Recycle Bin.
So far, the only files to be displayed on screen are pictures via the
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
Norton can be seen through browse option on the Task Manager, but it
will not display on screen so I can't tell if it's running when I call
it up.
Sending new shortcuts to the desktop doesn't work.
Running explorer.exe has no effect; this option was suggested as a
means of restoring the icons. However,"explorer.exe" keeps appearing
by default in the Task Manager "new task" command line.
Files can be copied to my E drive to be burned to CD, and the CD
Wizard appears on screen, but E drive can't recognize the presence of
a disc so I can't burn files to it.
Files apparently can't be deleted. Attempts to delete yield an error
message saying that there is trouble sending the command.
Booting in Safe mode doesn't change anything.
Booting as administrator doesn't change or restore things, either.
Can anyone advise me?
I would prefer not to re-format at the cost of losing my files.