updater.lnk

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What does it mean when I get an error message at start up that Windows can
not find the file updater.lnk? How can I fix this problem?
The other computer here does not have this file and does not get this error
message.
 
You probably don't have it either but you do have a call to it in your registry. Search in regedit for it and tell us the key location where found.
 
George,
Thanks for the reply. I check the registry and I found it under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Esplorer
Bars/{C4EE31F3-4768-11D2-BE5C-00A0C9A83DA1}/FilesNamedMRU.
The Name was 000, the Type was REG_SZ, the data was updater.lnk
What now?
Max
 
Well that is a M(ost)R(ecently)U(used) key. Let me look at the location just to be sure what to do here...OK save that key...regedit | Registry | Export registry file... | save it somewhere you'll remember and name it like mru. You should end up with a reg file called mru.reg. You can double-click this if any issue comes up but I'm sure none will. In regedit Delete the value on the right containing that file name updater.lnk. Close out of Regedit. I want you to do this next. Right-click on the Task Bar | Properties | Advanced | Clear | Apply | OK. Reboot. Tell me how that goes. Are you sure this was the only location in the registry where updater.lnk was? Also you can clear out your Tempoary Internet Files right-click IE icon on desktop | Properties | General | Delete Files ... | do not check just say OK. And finally clean out as much of your temp files as you can C:\Documents and Settings\%profile%\Local Settings|Temp You will need to have Show hidden files and folders enabled to see Local Settings Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... | View you will see that option in the textbox there. Don't worry if some of the temp files cannot be deleted that is normal. HTH.
 
George,

Followed your instructions. Still getting the same error. Now what?

Thanks in advance, Max


George Hester said:
Well that is a M(ost)R(ecently)U(used) key. Let me look at the location just to be sure what to do here...OK save that key...regedit | Registry | Export registry file... | save it somewhere you'll remember and name it like mru. You should end up with a reg file called mru.reg. You can double-click this if any issue comes up but I'm sure none will. In regedit Delete the value on the right containing that file name updater.lnk. Close out of Regedit. I want you to do this next. Right-click on the Task Bar | Properties | Advanced | Clear | Apply | OK. Reboot. Tell me how that goes. Are you sure this was the only location in the registry where updater.lnk was? Also you can clear out your Tempoary Internet Files right-click IE icon on desktop | Properties | General | Delete Files ... | do not check just say OK. And finally clean out as much of your temp files as you can C:\Documents and Settings\%profile%\Local Settings|Temp You will need to have Show hidden files and folders
Click to expand...
enabled to see Local Settings Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options... | View you will see that option in the textbox there. Don't worry if some of the temp files cannot be deleted that is normal. HTH.
 
Tell me what is in the keys in the registry. You can save them in the same fashion as I told you earlier. You open them with Notepad. Do NOT double-click them. You want to right-click Edit. These keys and post the result back here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
 
In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
Default REG_SZ (value not set)
Buddyizer REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Aimster\Buddyizer.exe
FileFreedom_PlugIn REG_SZ C:\Program Files\FileFreedom\wtm.exe
SurfSideKick 2 REG-SZ C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe
Tsa REG_SZ C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\tsa\tsm.exe
TWCApp REG_SZ C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The
Weather Channel.exe

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
Default REG_SZ (value not set)
1ktmac93 REG_SZ C:\Program Files\1ktmac93\1ktmac93.exe
2wSysTray REG_SZ C:\Program Files\2Wire\2PortalMon.exe
ATIPTA REG_SZ atitpaxx.exe
BPT REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Bpt\bpt.exe
DI2 REG_SZ
C:\DOCUME~1\Fred\LOCALS~1\Temp\27.exe\27.exe
FlenCPY REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Java\flencpy.exe
Grokster REG_SZ C:\PROGRA~1\Grokster\Grokster.exe/SYSTRAY
HPDJ Taskbar Utility REG_SZ
C:\WINNT\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\hpztsb04.exe
LabtecKB REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Labtec\Labtec
Keyboard-Desktop....
Nsv REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\nsvsvc\nsvsvc.exe
picsvr REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System32\picsvr\picsvr.exe
QuickTime Task REG_SZ "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe"
-atboottime
REGSHAVE REG_SZ C:\Program Files\REGSHAVE\REGSHAVE.EXE /AUTORUN
SurfSideKick 2 REG-SZ C:\Program Files\SurfSideKick 2\Ssk.exe
Syncronization Manager REG_SZ mobsync.exe /logon
SZMsgSvc.exe REG_SZ C:\Program Files\STOPzilla!\SZMsgSvc.exe
WINSTA~1.EXE REG_SZ C:\WINNT\System\WINSTA~1.EXE -b

I think it is probably in the QuickTime Task item. What now?
PS - Thanks for hanging in with me. This has taken some time to do.
Max
 
George,

We run virus checks and spyware programs (Lavasoft's Ad-Aware). How do we
clear this spyware and how do we get rid of the original problem with
updater.lnk??

Max
 
George,

We run virus checks and spyware programs (Lavasoft's Ad-Aware). How do we
clear this spyware and how do we get rid of the original problem with
updater.lnk??

Max
 
You've got to get rd of all that spyware. I cannot imagine Ad-Aware is not telling you about these issues. Try Hijackthis. That will catch almost all of them. The updater.lnk is put there by one of these spywares (malwares). Which one I have no idea.
 
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