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mcicoak   09-30-2009 at 04:01:12 PM

I lost my start menu and my desktop
i cannot run explore.exe
it says access denied

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saint19   09-30-2009 at 08:06:56 PM
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Start the PC in safe mode, run the antivirus, ccleaner and spyboot.

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aford10   10-01-2009 at 05:35:04 AM
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Make sure your user account has administrator rights.

 

use ctrl, alt, & delete to open the task manager. Start a new task and type explorer.exe

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Keiki646   10-01-2009 at 03:11:38 PM
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aford10 wrote :

Make sure your user account has administrator rights.

use ctrl, alt, & delete to open the task manager. Start a new task and type explorer.exe




agree

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mcicoak   10-01-2009 at 09:46:00 PM
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I have tried running explorer.exe and get access denied
I rebooted in safe mode and went on as administrator and still access denied
so now I am trying to reinstall windows but cannot get it
I reboot with my cd in the drive and the system reboots off the main drive (c)
I have done a restore to 2 months ago when this system was fine and still nothing
all else works if I go in thru DOS
any help is appreciated

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SevenVirtues   10-02-2009 at 12:37:36 PM
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Sounds like your computer boots straight from your HD, you need to change your boot order.

Restart the PC and keep pressing F2 until you see your BIOS menu, you can change the boot sequence from there, it's pretty straight forward.

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aford10   10-02-2009 at 09:15:42 PM
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^ True, but it's usually the delete key to get into the BIOS.

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SevenVirtues   10-04-2009 at 04:10:04 PM
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Yeah I should have mentioned that, on most computers it's F2 or Delete.

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