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I’m not sure exactly whats happened, but I think its to do with a
file being deleted while testing a registry cleaner "not sure"? AnyWay
when I try to start or play on start screen any game I have installed
that needs CD in drive to Play, like "Eidos -Thief Deadly Shadows" I
press to Play & it flickers with screen sort of popping up for a breif
second & then dissapears leaving just the start screen , is anybody
familiar with this or had this happen,. Is there anything I can do to
rectify this , I still havnt learnt how to add back files that have
been backed up yet wich I hope to learn soon. AnyWay

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Hi Hutchy,

Restore your system back to before you "cleaned" the registry..
How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] estore.asp

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"Hutchy" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message news:3_1362962_6893c03d839fd6e0122cb1c1bdeb97fc@windowsforumz.com...
| Iâ?Tm not sure exactly whats happened, but I think its to do with a
| file being deleted while testing a registry cleaner "not sure"? AnyWay
| when I try to start or play on start screen any game I have installed
| that needs CD in drive to Play, like "Eidos -Thief Deadly Shadows" I
| press to Play & it flickers with screen sort of popping up for a breif
| second & then dissapears leaving just the start screen , is anybody
| familiar with this or had this happen,. Is there anything I can do to
| rectify this , I still havnt learnt how to add back files that have
| been backed up yet wich I hope to learn soon. AnyWay
|
| --
| Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at author's request
| Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards
| Topic URL: http://www.windowsforumz.com/Games [...] 10162.html
| Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1362962

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"" wrote:
> Hi Hutchy,
>
> Restore your system back to before you "cleaned" the
> registry..
> How to use Windows XP System Restore:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] estore.asp
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell /
> User
> Jimmy S.
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
> http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
> confer any rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> "Hutchy" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:3_1362962_6893c03d839fd6e0122cb1c1bdeb97fc@windowsforumz.com...
> | Iâ?Tm not sure exactly whats happened, but I think its to do
> with a
> | file being deleted while testing a registry cleaner "not
> sure"? AnyWay
> | when I try to start or play on start screen any game I have
> installed
> | that needs CD in drive to Play, like "Eidos -Thief Deadly
> Shadows" I
> | press to Play & it flickers with screen sort of popping up
> for a breif
> | second & then dissapears leaving just the start screen , is
> anybody
> | familiar with this or had this happen,. Is there anything I
> can do to
> | rectify this , I still havnt learnt how to add back files
> that have
> | been backed up yet wich I hope to learn soon. AnyWay
> |
> | --
> | Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at
> author's request
> | Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet
> standards
> | Topic URL:
> http://www.windowsforumz.com/Games [...] 10162.html
> | Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report
> abuse: http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1362962

Thanks Jimmy, Sorry I nearly forgot all about this post I sent,been
busy , I appreciate your trying to help very much ,
Will look right into your advice and urls etc & see if 1 will solve my
Problem if not I will try to get back with a better explanation?
Thanks :Hutchy

Reply to Anonymous

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No Problems Hutchy, I hope that works out for you. :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

"Hutchy" <DoNotEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message news:3_1369759_10c2bef69e8f646b82f1ade880bb04bf@windowsforumz.com...
| "" wrote:
| > Hi Hutchy,
| >
| > Restore your system back to before you "cleaned" the
| > registry..
| > How to use Windows XP System Restore:
| > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] estore.asp
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell /
| > User
| > Jimmy S.
| > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
| > http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > MS Games Help and Support Center:
| > http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| > confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| > "Hutchy" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
| > news:3_1362962_6893c03d839fd6e0122cb1c1bdeb97fc@windowsforumz.com...
| > | Iâ?Tm not sure exactly whats happened, but I think its to do
| > with a
| > | file being deleted while testing a registry cleaner "not
| > sure"? AnyWay
| > | when I try to start or play on start screen any game I have
| > installed
| > | that needs CD in drive to Play, like "Eidos -Thief Deadly
| > Shadows" I
| > | press to Play & it flickers with screen sort of popping up
| > for a breif
| > | second & then dissapears leaving just the start screen , is
| > anybody
| > | familiar with this or had this happen,. Is there anything I
| > can do to
| > | rectify this , I still havnt learnt how to add back files
| > that have
| > | been backed up yet wich I hope to learn soon. AnyWay
| > |
| > | --
| > | Posted using the http://www.windowsforumz.com interface, at
| > author's request
| > | Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet
| > standards
| > | Topic URL:
| > http://www.windowsforumz.com/Games [...] 10162.html
| > | Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report
| > abuse: http://www.windowsforumz.com/eform.php?p=1362962
|
| Thanks Jimmy, Sorry I nearly forgot all about this post I sent,been
| busy , I appreciate your trying to help very much ,
| Will look right into your advice and urls etc & see if 1 will solve my
| Problem if not I will try to get back with a better explanation?
| Thanks :Hutchy

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