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ChrisW
I'm running Vista Ultimate and have run into a problem I cannot seem to get
around. I've been running this for about a month now and all of a sudden I
cannot open Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Appwiz.cpl, Welcome Center, or
even pull up the properties on Computer. All of the apps I have installed
run just fine. I can also perform searches both locally and on the
internet. I'm using Windows Mail to compose this message and, as you can
tell, it works just fine. The most common message I get is "Windows cannot
access the specified drive, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate
permissions to access the item." When that window comes up, sometimes there
will be a class id in the title and sometimes not. When attempting to run
Welcome Center, I will occasionally receive a rundll32 error.
I have attempted to reinstall (upgrade) but because I have PowerShell
installed, I am unable to perform that task until it is uninstalled.
However, since I cannot run AppWiz, I cannot uninstall PowerShell. I've
tried removing all references to that program from within RegEdit but some
keys cannot be deleted because of a permissions problem. I really don't
want to do a clean install if at all possible.
Any suggestions on what I should try next?
Chris
around. I've been running this for about a month now and all of a sudden I
cannot open Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Appwiz.cpl, Welcome Center, or
even pull up the properties on Computer. All of the apps I have installed
run just fine. I can also perform searches both locally and on the
internet. I'm using Windows Mail to compose this message and, as you can
tell, it works just fine. The most common message I get is "Windows cannot
access the specified drive, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate
permissions to access the item." When that window comes up, sometimes there
will be a class id in the title and sometimes not. When attempting to run
Welcome Center, I will occasionally receive a rundll32 error.
I have attempted to reinstall (upgrade) but because I have PowerShell
installed, I am unable to perform that task until it is uninstalled.
However, since I cannot run AppWiz, I cannot uninstall PowerShell. I've
tried removing all references to that program from within RegEdit but some
keys cannot be deleted because of a permissions problem. I really don't
want to do a clean install if at all possible.
Any suggestions on what I should try next?
Chris