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Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 7:12 pm
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Posted by Les Andersen (2 messages posted)

ok, I solved part of the problem.  It finally dawned on me that the programs that 
I could not launch all had one thing in common -- they were 16-bit applications. 
 With help from the Microsoft site, I pin-pointed the problem to "ntvdm.exe".  It 
was missing!

As part of the clean-up from the virus, it must have been deleted.

After I restored this file from a good backup, the problem was fixed.  Yeah!  (I 
came really close to a complete re-install.  So I was very glad to eventually figure 
it out.)

This whole experience has been a big eye-opener.  It really is amazing how vulnerable 
Windows is.

Les

Written in response to:: follow up to 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program' (Les Andersen: Friday, December 10, 2004 at 11:30 pm)

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follow up to 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program' (Les Andersen: Fri, Dec 10, 2004, 11:30 pm)

re: follow up to 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program' (DEX: Sat, Dec 11, 2004, 6:13 am)

follow up to 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program' (Les Andersen: Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 7:12 pm)

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