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re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 9:56 am Posted by Dale (703 messages posted) I would 1st check to see if you can untick it from the startup menu. Start - Run type in msconfig OK select starup tab and check in thie to untick it...post back if it doesnt help. On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 6:56 am, Chas. wrote: >After my PC Boots up the "Open With" tab pops up >states Click the program you want to use to open the file 'Adobe Gamma Loder.exe' > How can I delete this box from poping up on my desktop . > >Thanks >Chas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 2:26 pm Posted by Chas. (2 messages posted) Now Im getting this "Open With"pops up every time I try to open anyprogram It reads " click the program you you want to use to open the file "Winword.EXE" If Im trying to open word if Im trying to open Quickenit would show "QW.exe This happening with any program I attempt to open What will correct this??? On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 9:56 am, Dale wrote: >I would 1st check to see if you can untick it from the startup menu. Start - Run >type in msconfig OK select starup tab and check in thie to untick it...post back >if it doesnt help. > > >On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 6:56 am, Chas. wrote: >After my PC Boots up the "Open With" tab pops up >states Click the program you want to use to open the file 'Adobe Gamma Loder.exe' > How can I delete this box from poping up on my desktop . > >Thanks >Chas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 3:18 pm Posted by Paul D (827 messages posted) Probably a virus. Do you have a good virus checker with up-to-date dat files? Paul D On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 2:26 pm, Chas. wrote: >Now Im getting this "Open With"pops up every time I try to open anyprogram It reads >" click the program you you want to use to open the file "Winword.EXE" >If Im trying to open word if Im trying to open Quickenit would show "QW.exe This >happening with any program I attempt to open >What will correct this??? > > >On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 9:56 am, Dale wrote: >I would 1st check to see if you can untick it from the startup menu. Start - Run >type in msconfig OK select starup tab and check in thie to untick it...post back >if it doesnt help. > > >On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 6:56 am, Chas. wrote: >After my PC Boots up the "Open With" tab pops up >states Click the program you want to use to open the file 'Adobe Gamma Loder.exe' > > How can I delete this box from poping up on my desktop . > >Thanks >Chas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Friday, December 5, 2003 at 2:18 am Posted by ed (1 messages posted) hey there was wondering if u managed to get rid of the 'open with' file menu?i am having the same problem and its sooooo annoying,cant access anything from the desktop or anywhere for that matter.any solutions ??? On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 6:56 am, Chas. wrote: >After my PC Boots up the "Open With" tab pops up >states Click the program you want to use to open the file 'Adobe Gamma Loder.exe' > How can I delete this box from poping up on my desktop . >hey there was wondering if u managed to get rid of the 'open with' file menu?i am having the same problem and its sooooo annoying,cant access anything from the desktop or anywhere for that matter.any solutions ??? >Thanks >Chas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm Posted by leannemanthenga (1 messages posted) hi, i have the same problem, i followed your instuctions but when I clicked ok in 'run' the open with box came up again!! please help! On Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 3:18 pm, Paul D wrote: >Probably a virus. Do you have a good virus checker with >up-to-date dat files? > >color=#3366FF>Paul D > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 6:53 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) leannemanthenga wrote: |i have the same problem, | As already stated, YOU HAVE A WINDOZE-SPECIFIC INFECTION. If you didn't use Windoze, you wouldn't have a Windoze-specific infection. |i followed your instuctions | You responded to Paul and he didn't give any instructions. If you actually have the SAME problem as the OP, you have gotten your computer infected by the way you use it. You need to get rid of the infection. The obvious way to do that is to get rid of Windoze entirely. Having done that, you will never again get another of the hundreds of thousands of Windoze-specific infections.[1] If you insist on continuing to use Windoze, you need to get a bunch of band-aids for your obsolete operating system (anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-hijacking,...). What a silly piece of junk Windoze is. You also need to learn how to use a Windoze computer[1] without getting it infected: cache of http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show327#toc3 Point #6 should be #1 on that list and it doesn't apply to Win9x because Win9x's design is complete garbage. Because you use an OBSOLETE operating system, you can't do Point #4--which should be #2 on that list. [1] An OS from any other vendor is FAR easier to defend. Windoze is simply Defective By Design. Win9x is especially awful. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 3:52 am Posted by Ed (741 messages posted) Clearly, some program is trying to start up but being only partly successful. Probably a virus of some kind. 1. First, try disinfecting your computer by using one of the on-line Virus scanners. For example : http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html http://housecall.trendmicro.com/us/ 2. If the above isn't a complete cure, try this: Go to START > PROGRAMS > STARTUP and delete any suspicious entries that might be causing the unwanted program to load. 3. If the above isn't a complete cure, try this: Download the program SYSTEM MECHANIC from the internet and use its excellent "Windows StartUp Manager" function to disable whatever is trying to load at startup. Iolo's current version of System Mechanic at http://www.iolo.com is useless to you (currently, version 9 is for Windows XP only). You want version 3 or 4 for Windows 98. Try a Google search for that. 4. If the above isn't a complete cure, try this: (1) Boot to DOS instead of Windows. (2) Use EDIT.COM (C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EDIT.COM) to read the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files (in C:\WINDOWS directory) Example: SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND EDIT C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI (3) Disable any line in WIN.INI that starts run= or load= (by putting a ; [i.e. a semicolon] at the start of that line). Then save the changes. (4) Use EDIT.COM to read the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Example: SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND EDIT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (5) Disable any line in AUTOEXEC.BAT that looks suspicious (by typing REM at the start of that line). Lines in a .BAT file that are only REMarks are ignored and so are not loaded on system startup. Then save the changes. 5. If the above isn't a complete cure, try this: (1) Boot to DOS (2) At the DOS prompt, type the following - SCANREG /RESTORE Follow the on-screen instructions displayed. By default, Windows keeps five backups of the Windows Registry. So this method enables you to install a working version of the Registry from before the problem arose. They're listed by DATE. You should install the OLDEST. If the virus is loading from deep inside your Registry, this could replace the Registry with a previous (uninfected) version. 6. If the above isn't a complete cure, it is theoretically possible to boot to DOS, and to delete individual Registry keys from DOS. It's a sure fire solution to a Registry infection. But the method is quite complicated, so it's best to try all the above solutions first. Ed On Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm, leannemanthenga wrote: >hi, i have the same problem, i followed your instuctions but when I clicked ok in >'run' the open with box came up again!! >please help! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Windows 98 ''Open With'' at StartUp Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 6:03 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Ed wrote: |try disinfecting your computer by using one of the on-line Virus scanners. | The circular logic of having the world's most easily infected operating system trying to un-bork itself is always amusing. Once again, the solution to a Windoze problem is -- wait for it -- Linux. A whole bunch of Outside-Looking-In solutions: cache of http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootable-antivirus-rescue-cds-download-list This is an older item: (As both of these say, Kaspersky's offering sucks.) cache of http://blog.brothersoft.com/2008/12/11/free-avira-antivir-rescue-system-cd-to-clean-unremovable-virus ...and only slightly less silly than trying to use an infected Windoze install to fix itself is expecting Windoze to "protect" itself. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum