updater.lnk

[Guest]

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.

 

[George Hester]

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.

 

[Guest]

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

 

[George Hester]

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.

 

[Guest]

George,

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

Thanks in advance, 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 Hester]

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

 

[Guest]

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 Hester]

you are spyware central man

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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 Hester]

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.