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Hello,i recently downloaded a game and it didnt work so i deleted it. when i went to uninstall the game it wouldt do anything. i restarted my computer and it was suddenlly gone. now my computer is acting weird. i want to restore my system but when i click on system restore it just pops up a blank screen. also my all programs button doesnt expand now and my run, search,and help and support are now just blank folders any thoughts??

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ok my run button on the start screen is not working. Instead of showing up as the regular run icon it show it as a blank folder. i need to use the run button to fix my system restore. someone please help me ............when i click on the run button it just says"Windows cannot create a shortcut here. would you like windows to create a shortcut on the desktop?" if i do that it just sends a blank folder to the desktop!!!!
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aford10 said:
You can access the system restore from start-->programs-->accessories-->system tools-->system restore.

It sounds like you may have some registry corruption. You may want to download ccleaner, and run the registry tool. You may need to run it several times to fix all the issues.
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner




the problem with that is when i open system restore it just opens a blank screen....ive tried everyway to get into the system restore but it just a blank screen. i dont know much about computers .....

aford10 said:
Ok, I didn't see that 2nd thread till now.

Try running the system restore from safe mode.




i tried the safe mode already eariler i've been workin on this for about 3 hours now... and i have a reg cleaner its eusing reg cleaner i ran it and it says there are no more errors.......im gettin upset lol ty for helping

Ok, restart the PC, and tap F8 on startup. Boot into safe mode with command prompt. When you get to the command line, type the following, and press enter.
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

aford10 said:
Ok, restart the PC, and tap F8 on startup. Boot into safe mode with command prompt. When you get to the command line, type the following, and press enter.
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe


any other advice ...my computer doesnt work

aford10 said:
Usually when you buy an OEM (gateway, HP, Dell) PC, they will come with either a recovery partition, or restore discs.

Did you have a D drive that was mostly full?

my d drive is my dvd player

aford10 said:
To be safe, you should choose to recover anything it finds.

ok i tried to recovery eveything but when the screen pops up it says select location for recovery and its blank i push ok it does nothing...

aford10 said:
Try using EASEUS, and see if it gives better results.

However, yes, you may be SOL without a windows disc.

ok well thank you for all your help i appreciate it alot. mite just have to geta new computer :cry: 

If EASEUS doesn't work, you don't have to get a new PC. You just need to get a copy of XP. If you know someone that has a copy of your version, that will work to do a repair. If not, you just need to get a new XP disc. It's cheaper than a new PC. You just need to do a windows repair.

aford10 said:
If EASEUS doesn't work, you don't have to get a new PC. You just need to get a copy of XP. If you know someone that has a copy of your version, that will work to do a repair. If not, you just need to get a new XP disc. It's cheaper than a new PC. You just need to do a windows repair.

so i just stick a xp disk in and it will load up everything for me? how do i repair it?
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