System Restore Explorer problem

[Guest]

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I recently tried to fix a problem on my friend's computer using system
restore.
Now I cannot get windows explorer to open. Everytime I try to open a
folder/my computer/control panel etc. it simply does not come up, and I
get the message asking if I would like to send an error report to
Microsoft.
Has this ever happened to anyone?
I would love to just reverse the system restore, but I have no idea how
to do it other than through the wizard . . . which I can't get to
because of the explorer problem.
I am desperate, and I cannot find any info on microsoft.com or google,
etc. as to how to fix this.


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[galen]

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In news:Flawed.1nd1uw@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com,
Flawed <Flawed.1nd1uw@no-mx.forums.iamnotageek.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I recently tried to fix a problem on my friend's computer using system
> restore.
> Now I cannot get windows explorer to open. Everytime I try to open a
> folder/my computer/control panel etc. it simply does not come up, and
> I get the message asking if I would like to send an error report to
> Microsoft.
> Has this ever happened to anyone?
> I would love to just reverse the system restore, but I have no idea
> how to do it other than through the wizard . . . which I can't get to
> because of the explorer problem.
> I am desperate, and I cannot find any info on microsoft.com or google,
> etc. as to how to fix this.

Try this:

Start > Run > Type "%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe" without the
quotes > hit Enter.

Galen
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Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

As long as the restore was preformed in normal mode there will be a
undo option.

Boot into Safe Mode and launch the System Restore wizard and select
"Undo my last restoration".

After rebooting into normal mode you could select a restore prior to
the previous restore point that caused the explorer problem.

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Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

Flawed wrote:
> I recently tried to fix a problem on my friend's computer
> using system restore.
> Now I cannot get windows explorer to open. Everytime I
> try to open a folder/my computer/control panel etc. it
> simply does not come up, and I get the message asking if
> I would like to send an error report to Microsoft.
> Has this ever happened to anyone?
> I would love to just reverse the system restore, but I
> have no idea how to do it other than through the wizard .
> . . which I can't get to because of the explorer problem.
> I am desperate, and I cannot find any info on
> microsoft.com or google, etc. as to how to fix this.