Regedit Will Not Remain Open

[JCO]

I have a friend who is running Windows XP-Home Edition. His kids have
installed lots of junk and he ask me to clean some of it up, since it is not
running properly. I installed Ad-Aware 6.0 and Spybot to help clean things
out. I uninstalled a few items that I know to be junk that is tacked on
with game installation programs. I installed a RegCleaner to add to the
cleaning effects.

I want to be able to get into the Registry (RegEdit) and see what all is in
the HKLM-Run section. When I do this, it comes up fine. It will only stay
up for 10-seconds or less before it automatically closes. I don't know what
is killing the RegEdit Tool. It won't stay open long enough for me to drill
down to the HKLM-Run section.

Any Clues as to what could be killing the RegEdit Tool? Odd that runs for
5-10 seconds.

Thanks

 

[CS]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:51:46 GMT, " JCO" <[email protected]>
wrote:

Sounds like a virus. Many types of viruses "kill" regedit.exe on
purpose to keep you from removing the offenders.

Have you run a good AV program or done an on line scan?

Also - try renaming regedit.exe to regedit.com and see if it'll run.

Another thing to try is to run regedit.exe from safe mode.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Your friend is infected with a virus. He/She can use the emergency tools
from MVPDoug Knox to assist in cleaning the system up:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_emerutils.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org