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More info?)
Hi,
I can't tell you what registry line was removed, so I can't tell you what
one to put back. That's the problem I was alluding to earlier. The best bet
is the undo file of the cleaner, otherwise.....
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44F85B18-A94D-4D8D-9F02-A1B639BCE32F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Rick. I have tried many things. I could do a repair reinstall, but
> thought that if there was a registry permission link or something i could
> just type in the registry to make this work. Someone must have had this
> problem before. I am not using the regvac now. window washer is ok just on
> its basic settings.
> Is there anyway to get this working with a registry line of code? Or what
> ever you call it?
> Is there is, then it solves the problem. If not I will have to do a repair
> install. This still might not fix the issue.
> Cheers anyway
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> If your regvac and webroot programs have an undo function, now would be
>> the
>> time to use them. Registry cleaners are especially suspect as they are
>> known
>> to remove needed entries. What is now missing from yours would be
>> difficult
>> if not impossible to figure out, so you may wind up doing a repair
>> installation to recreate them (instructions in the link below). SP2 would
>> not cause this (or any) issue relagated to permissions (which is what the
>> problem is).
>>
>> Repair installation steps:
>>
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:13198FCD-347E-437F-8508-1B08E98E3F85@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently installed xp professional and downloaded the sp2. After all
>> >this
>> >i
>> > ran a regvac and webroot window washer. Not quite sure which one is the
>> > culprit, but anyway, here is my problem.
>> > When I right click on my "My Computer" desktop icon and click manage, a
>> > little box appears on the desktop saying "access denied". It also has
>> > the
>> > word desktop at the top of this box. All the other right click
>> > functions
>> > work
>> > ie right click properties and the system properties box appears ok. Is
>> > there
>> > a reg link missing in the registry? Was it sp2 or regvac?
>> > Please help
>> > I just want to be able to right click on my computer desktop icon and
>> > click
>> > manage, and have it working.
>> > Any ideas?
>> > Many thanks
>>
>>
>>