Ok Guys, I screwed up HELP!!! (computer problem)

[neomits]

Alright. Long story short, I screwed around using registry hack with explorer.exe and now it won't run. It won't startup when I bootup and when I try to run it through Windows Task Manager it says that its not a valid Win32 application. I've already tried repairing off the WinXP ( Oh yeah this is in WinXP) disc and I've tried to system restore and no such luck. Like I said I can run Windows Task Manager so I can run most of my programs.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

 

[rutchtkim]

restore ur registry

 

[Rent]

Did you mess up regedit or explorer?

 

[neomits]

I messed up explorer

 

[Rent]

<< I messed up explorer >>



If you've tried system restore from the CD, I'm afraid your out of luck... maybe somone else knows.

 

[Mangos]

Run sfc /scannow

It checks all of your files to make sure that they're valid (original).
It will ask for your WinXP CD to repair non-valid files.

 

[TallBill]

damn mangos.. u beat me.. i just had to do that with a win98 install and it worked great.

 

[neomits]

I'm running now

Hopefully it'll help

 

[neomits]

ok I'm running it now

Hopefully it'll work

 

[VTBigBear]

so did it work?

if not jsut format it

 

[neomits]

nope that didn't work

JUST FORMAT IT!?!?!? what!?!?! right format my 60 GIG drive that has tons of stuff I want to keep on it. No thanks


any other ideas.

this is the explorer.exe file not the registry

Thanks for all your help

 

[SagaLore]

<< nope that didn't work

JUST FORMAT IT!?!?!? what!?!?! right format my 60 GIG drive that has tons of stuff I want to keep on it. No thanks


any other ideas.

this is the explorer.exe file not the registry

Thanks for all your help >>




Copy the explorer.exe file from another computer or CD and paste into the directory it's supposed to be in.

And next time don't play with the registry.

 

[Derango]

Situations like this are why you should keep the OS on a seperate partition from your data

 

[Nemesis77]

<< nope that didn't work

JUST FORMAT IT!?!?!? what!?!?! right format my 60 GIG drive that has tons of stuff I want to keep on it. No thanks >>



Not to sound like a smartass but... this is a perfect example why you should make a small Cartition and put the OS there, and put everything else on separate partitions. In case you need to reformat and re-install your OS, you don't lose any other data but your OS.

EDIT: Damn! Derango beat me to it !

 

[brnbngls]

A single partition 60GB drive? I feel lightheaded.

 

[iamwiz82]

<<

<< nope that didn't work

JUST FORMAT IT!?!?!? what!?!?! right format my 60 GIG drive that has tons of stuff I want to keep on it. No thanks >>



Not to sound like a smartass but... this is a perfect example why you should make a small Cartition and put the OS there, and put everything else on separate partitions. In case you need to reformat and re-install your OS, you don't lose any other data but your OS.

EDIT: Damn! Derango beat me to it ! >>



i do the same, 'cept i go one step further. I partition 3 my HDDs into 3. OS, installation folders, and everything else.