re: found it!
Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 5:33 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33570 messages posted)
Lina, that's a no no to just delete entries in RegEdit. One wrong move and you can
make your OS inoperable. Not to worry, yet... :)
This DocFindSpec MRU is only "most recently used" entries. Deleting those
won't fix anything or affect anything. Is that where you found Lexplore listed, in
MRU? There is no w32.Hll. It's w32.Dll. That's a Winsock file, and
I hope you only deleted entries in MRU. I have no idea what this might be: me2.dll.
Note: it's important to spell file names correctly, and you can probably see why.
Leave all of those alone, and follow just the below instructions.
As for the scan, I didn't think about that, even though I know you should disable
your AV. They should have a note about that, before the scan starts. PC Pitstop does.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require
you to reinstall your operating system.
Using the Registry editor, you can do a search for {name of program or word} and
delete everything found. First, backup the registry. Start - Run - type: SCANREGW.
Hit enter. Click Yes.
How to use Regedit:
Go to Start - Run - type: Regedit. Press Enter or click OK. On the toolbar - click
Registry - Export registry file. In the Window that opens, where it says 'Export
Range', make sure "All" is ticked. In the named box, type: backup. In the "Save In"
window with the drop down menu - Select Desktop. Choose Save.
This will export the Registry file to your desktop. (In case you make a mistake or
there's a problem, you'd be able to 'merge' the file back into the registry). You
can delete it, once you know there's no problem. Save it for a few reboots. (keep
in mind, double clicking that backup, will merge those entries back into the Registry.
You'd need to start over)
Then choose Edit on the toolbar - Find - In Find what, type: Lexplore (Type
it correctly). It'll start the search, and when it stops, a key or value will be
highlighted. Right click and choose delete (or hit the delete key). Continue the
search by pressing the F3 key. Proceed the same way, until you get a message
that the search is finished. Then follow the same instructions to search for the
next word or name, etc. Be sure to type it exactly as instructed, if you're following
removal instructions. Close and Reboot for the changes to have effect.
P.S. Caution do NOT change or delete anything, unless you positively know what you're
doing.
Carol
- Written in response to:
- found it! (lina: Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 2:30 pm)
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