Registry and .exe programs messed up

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Hi jrm19917,

I had to do some searching for it, but I was successful in finding the
thread where I made recommendations to someone who was experiencing what
sounds like a very similar problem to the one that you're experiencing:
http://groups-beta.google.com/grou [...] f08c403910

If you give my recommendations a try, please let me know whether they were
successful in helping you solve the problem.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"jrm19917" <jrm19917@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92A441FC-AA5E-43D8-919D-8FB3519877EA@microsoft.com...
> I got a pop-up from my Adaware program telling me that something was
trying
> to modify my registry. I hit block, but the computer froze up and I had
to
> reboot. After rebooting, my .exe programs will no longer work. My files
are
> ok, but the only programs that will work for me are IE and Outlook. I
cannot
> even use recovery or control panel tools. I ran the check on Microsoft
and
> it found no malicious software. Can this be fixed?