Handle is invalid?

[Jim]

I've been using Firefox .9 as my browser for a few weeks without
problems. Tonight I upgraded to its final release, version 1.0. After
the message said it was successfully installed, I tried to open it and
got an error message: "The handle is invalid." Then I tried to open a
few other apps and got the same message. I rebooted but still get the
same message when trying to open many programs. I can't even get into
System Restore or Help and Support. What's going on?

 

[Steve Jain]

Maybe take a look here:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

I've been using Firefox .9 as my browser for a few weeks without
problems. Tonight I upgraded to its final release, version 1.0. After
the message said it was successfully installed, I tried to open it and
got an error message: "The handle is invalid." Then I tried to open a
few other apps and got the same message. I rebooted but still get the
same message when trying to open many programs. I can't even get into
System Restore or Help and Support. What's going on?

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com
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[Jim]

I did a search in the Mozilla forums and found no references to this
problem. But I think it's a system thing. I just downloaded a new
program file, but couldn't open it. Got the same error message: "The
handle is invalid." Very frustrating. The only main programs that seem
to be working are IE (which I just re-activated), Word, and Thunderbird
email/news client. I tried Kelly's Korner registry fixes for restoring
Help and Support, but still get the same message.

Jim

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jim,

Some info here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...earch&meta=group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.*

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=The+handle+is+invalid&btnG=Google+Search

Good luck and let us know what helped. )

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[Jim]

Problem is solved. I absent-mindedly set a global restriction on
program executions in Process Guard earlier today, and the setting
started denials when I made program changes. Dumb.

 

[Kelly]

Yikes! Thanks for the feedback, Jim. Glad you have it solved. )