regedit problem

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Hello,
when i go to the start run dialog box and type regedit it does
not open any more here is what i see
C:\WINNT\system32\regedit.com
The NTVDMCPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:00cf IP0656 OP:fe ae 06 d9 02 choose close

any help would be great i cant figure it out.

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REGEDIT is an EXE, not COM file and is supposded to be in \windows. (At
least in XP - this is an XP newsgroup afterall.)

"rg123" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> when i go to the start run dialog box and type regedit it does
> not open any more here is what i see
> C:\WINNT\system32\regedit.com
> The NTVDMCPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> CS:00cf IP0656 OP:fe ae 06 d9 02 choose close
>
> any help would be great i cant figure it out.
>
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Good catch guys (Jerry & John). I too don't know why he is referencing a -
non-XP folder for Regedit.

Looks like he may be running Win2k and posted in the wrong forum.

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"Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
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> REGEDIT is an EXE, not COM file and is supposed to be in \windows. (At
> least in XP - this is an XP newsgroup after.)
>
> "rg123" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:3_1219324_5851721cd0fedbbfccf6367561a3f002@windowsforumz.com...
>> Hello,
>> when i go to the start run dialog box and type regedit it does
>> not open any more here is what i see
>> C:\WINNT\system32\regedit.com
>> The NTVDMCPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
>> CS:00cf IP0656 OP:fe ae 06 d9 02 choose close
>>
>> any help would be great i cant figure it out.
>>
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"John Coode" wrote:
> rg123 wrote:
> > Hello,
> > when i go to the start run dialog box and type regedit
> it does
> > not open any more here is what i see
> > C:WINNTsystem32regedit.com
> > The NTVDMCPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
> > CS:00cf IP0656 OP:fe ae 06 d9 02 choose close
> >
> > any help would be great i cant figure it out.
> >
> The real XP registry editor is called REGEDIT.EXE and is
> located in the
> %systemroot% directory (windows or possibly winnt) not in
> system32.
> Also Regedit is a 32-bit program and so should not need NTVDM
> to run.
> Unless you have renamed and moved it, I would suspect that you
> have a virus.

i am running win xp home edition and know that it should be an exe
file thats why i posted what i see it doesnt make sense to me was
hoping maybe someone seen before

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"Michael T" wrote:
> Did you install XP over Win2K?
>
> "rg123" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:3_1222274_90c9c1435b1e52f518175c4141e2c9c4@windowsforumz.com...
> > "John Coode" wrote:
>  > > rg123 wrote:
>   > > > Hello,
>   > > > when i go to the start run dialog box
> and type regedit
>  > > it does
>   > > > not open any more here is what i see
>   > > > C:WINNTsystem32regedit.com
>   > > > The NTVDMCPU has encountered an illegal
> instruction.
>   > > > CS:00cf IP0656 OP:fe ae 06 d9 02 choose
> close
>   > > >
>   > > > any help would be great i cant figure it
> out.
>   > > >
>  > > The real XP registry editor is called REGEDIT.EXE
> and is
>  > > located in the
>  > > %systemroot% directory (windows or possibly winnt)
> not in
>  > > system32.
>  > > Also Regedit is a 32-bit program and so should not
> need NTVDM
>  > > to run.
>  > > Unless you have renamed and moved it, I would
> suspect that you
>  > > have a virus.
> >
> > i am running win xp home edition and know that it should be
> an exe
> > file thats why i posted what i see it doesnt make sense to
> me was
> > hoping maybe someone seen before
> >
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nope i didn’t its straight from the box that way windows xp home
edition i think it has something to do with that root directory %
whatever it is but cannot figure it out the computer run fines no
glitches just when i want to open regedit from the run dialog box i
get what i type down there this all happened after my daughter used
the computer so basically i havent a clue as to how it got that way
but none the less although it is operating fine its bothering me
knowing that it isnt right i can acess the registry through the
c:\winnt but shouldnt have to

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"Spidermomma" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the same problem..
> It's a laptop with a clean Xp installation.
>
> However, my laptop was infected with w32/Mugly.M a.k.a
> Picrate.C
> and in the description of this virus it is said that it messes
> with the access to regedit and some other programs...
> I can acces regedit(.EXE) if I access it directly from
> c:windows, so the problem is the link, and not the program
> itself.
>
> Something else; the virus was found in the system32 folder ,
> but when I search the PC (also hiddenfiles) there is no such
> folder!!!
>
> I am thinking that, although the virus was removed, the mess
> it left is a greater problem to deal with...

I found my system32 folder (could noy find it with windows explorer,
but total commander did the trick)

found these files:
cmd.com
netstat.com
ping.com
regedit.com
taskkill.com
tasklist.com
tracert.com

I removed them all and all the problems are solved. I also removed the
file file.zip, which was the virus

I also want to say thay both symantec and avg did NOT find the virus,
but pandasoftware did...