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12-30-2002, 05:05 PM
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can't open programs
can anyone tell me why i can not open programs with any off my desktop icons or right clicking the programs in explorer....there is no open option
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12-30-2002, 06:05 PM
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welcome to PCMechanic!
it would help if you told us your operating system, and any changes you made before this problem occurred.... I'll take a shot in the dark and say it sounds like a virus I had a while back. Be sure to run a virus scan.... |
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12-31-2002, 01:55 AM
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If you have Norton AntiVirus 2003, or another recent version, you can set your computer to boot from the cd-drive, put in the Norton Disk to boot from, and run a complete Emergency system scan in DOS. It takes a long time, but is very thorough. You can also visit http://www.trendmicro.com and try their online scanner called HouseCall: very up-to-date and thorough as well. Like Dan mentioned there are a few viruses that make changes to your Registry and cause the behavior you're seeing.
If you don't find any viruses, you can try a "repair" install of your IE. If you are running WinMe, you can try using System Restore (look in the "Help" files for more details) and restore to a point before your current trouble started. If you do so, you may need to reinstall programs added since then. Best of luck, and Happy New Year . . . Gary |
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12-31-2002, 09:12 AM
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Im Sorry i didn't mention the important stuff. Its an old Compact Computer,running windows 95 (YUK) system. I did a older norton virus check It was ok with that.......I can run some programs in the ....START>>>RUN but only there. A Symantec program my wife installed can be run from the desktop shortcut
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12-31-2002, 09:20 AM
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I would recommend updating your virus definitions before giving up on this being a virus.
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