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    Unable to right click icons

    I usually like to wait a while before putting in a new service pack, just to see how it turns out. I know that this one adds a ton of protection etc, but on the other hand, unless the culprit in question tries again (and he so wont, he feels rotten), then I should be fine. That said, I'm sure...
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    Unable to right click icons

    After reading that doc you linked to, it seems its important for ANY 16 bit program (hence the old ones) and that the installer program that most use just happens to be one of many 16 bit programs out there. So I checked, and sure enough, I don't have that file at ALL in the system. It may...
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    Unable to right click icons

    Well, I had some help... Thanks. I did just get a pesky error though: Window is titled 16 bit Windows Subsystem C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Close...
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    Unable to right click icons

    Ok, I changed every last dang one to be just like the ones around them, for they ALL said C:\Desktop. So for some it was %CURRENTUSER%\Desktop or whatever, and now they all match... and.... IT'S ALL BACK! My beloved icons! It's restored! It's ALIVE!!!!! mechBgon, your da man...
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    Unable to right click icons

    On the other hand, maybe not..... on reset it returned to c:\desktop and futher searching found a second entry under system, same branch as the last post that says common desktop -> c:\desktop. Curses.
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    Unable to right click icons

    I searched in current user for c:\desktop and found a listing under: Current user -> software -> microsoft -> windows -> explorer -> Shell folders that says desktop and that location along side things like mydocs etc. all pointing to the right spot, I'll change that and reset and I bet you I...
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    Unable to right click icons

    More info, I copied a folder onto that desktop to see what happens and... two showed up. So aside from getting 2 of them, I can put icons there, so it's not disabled that. However, when I tried to remove the copied folders, one deleted ok and the other said it couldn't. Trying to open said...
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    Unable to right click icons

    HOT DIGGITY DOG! The post said that: Value Name = NoViewContextMenu Data = (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled) and suggested I look in current user. Well, I looked in system instead because it was user-independant. And guess what it was set to? Not 0, not 1....but 2. 2?!?! Set to 2?! What...
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    Unable to right click icons

    Sub question: What is the likelyhood of screwing up my computer even worse if I just say, backup the registry of this one, and install it on the broken one and have it overwrite away....
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    Unable to right click icons

    Ok, the problem here is that maybe the other virus removal systems were TOO good. Because symantic couldn't FIND that virus with the scanner you suggested I get, it didn't do the registry stuff either.... and so I have no fix there. I'll check the things you suggested in the registry, but none...
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    Unable to right click icons

    And now for the good news: draw.dll and vtd_16.exe are now gone and not listed in the hijackthis startup list. Apparently having it kill vtd_16.exe on restart doesn't work, but dechecking it, cleaning it, deleting it and then having it kill draw.dll on restart appears to have worked. Now for...
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    Unable to right click icons

    More info: hijack this wasn't able to delete vtd_16.exe on restart that I can see (It's still there). I do notice however that it is now listed from safemode run of hijack this as a run on startup, killing that removes it from the list....but not from the system. And it shows up again after a...
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    Unable to right click icons

    You will love this. rt. click is disabled, so I select draw32.dll and go to file then properties.... nothing. Try a few more things. Nice, properties is disabled..... grrrr I'm going to try to have hijack kill on restart and failing that a registry dive.
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    Unable to right click icons

    I'll try a few of those things, the ownership and the hijack this bit, I've run hijack this on a scan while doing this and it looks pretty dang clean to me. I can still do that if you want. Anyway, while that goes on let me report as well that I did some more snooping around in the gpedit.msc...
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    Unable to right click icons

    Let me add as well that scanning the system32 directory after a restart (again in safe mode) with three scanners results in nothing. I think I may be clean now, but the damage is still there, I still can't get any context windows to show up on icons in explorer. My brother-inlaw feels so bad...
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    Unable to right click icons

    It finished the scan and there are 3 files that it says are infected but cannot delete. Nor can I manually delete them from safe mode/command prompt only. In spite of -r-a-s-h. They are: draw32.dll vtd_16.exe vdnt32.dll all of them are in the /system32 folder.
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    Unable to right click icons

    No system restore action on that computer. All that has ever done for me is lag the thing and back up any viruses I may have. Anyway, he's not 12, but not that techy either, he should know better though....grrr. Also, by owned, I mean I went from 0 to well over 100 hits with spy-bot, 60...
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    Unable to right click icons

    So a bit of backstory. I normaly run a very tight ship, virus and *ware free. However, today I come home from work to find my brother in law has used my computer. How do I know? Because he was staying there and google was left open, search topic was something like: Halo 2 cracks...... you can...