windows XP boots to desktop picture only

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StevenM

Please help me work through the following scenario...

1) Windows XP boots to a desktop picture with nothing else.

2) I do a Ctrl/alt/delete, select NEW TASK, type in WINDOWS.

3) Bootup completes to desktop, and this error msg appears…

" Windows cannot find ‘/idlist,:0:3316,C:\Documents. Make sure that
you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search. "

Also, I find that
/idlist,:0:3316,C:\Documents
appears as an application in the applications tab of the task manager.

What to do? How to fix windows so that it boots all the way?
 
well, for one thing, you should do new task > explorer, not windows.
explorer is the shell. did you tamper with that in any way? it should load.
 

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