Hi there,
For some reason, recently, the Registry Editor (regedit) has started displaying the 
following error message whenever I run it, or whenever a different program tries 
to open it :
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be terminated. Quit all 
programs and then restart your computer.

If the program consistently encounters problems, click the Start button, then select 
Help, Troubleshooting, and 'If you have trouble running MS-DOS programs',

However... if I run 'regedit.exe' it opens, so I am assuming that there is a regedit.com 
somewhere, however I am hesitant to reomve it, as I do not know much about how Windows 
works... I am more familiar with DOS and OS/2

Also, whenever I use the 'Run' option on the start menu, and type a directory adress 
in, it opens a blank 'Search results' page,
Any advice on how to sort this out would be appreciated
Thanks in advance,

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re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 1:42 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) Normally there isn't a regedit.com its Regedit.exe. have you done a search for Regedit.com? If its in the Windows path then a com file will run before an exe file. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Monday, February 26, 2007 at 2:14 am Posted by Zimmy (5 messages posted) It doesn't look like there is, But I'd assume seeing as it only loads if I put in the extension that there's something else there, but I don't think that .hlp .cnt or .chm would load, [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Monday, February 26, 2007 at 4:39 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 2:14 am, Zimmy wrote: It doesn't look like there is, But I'd assume seeing as it only loads if I put in the extension that there's something else there, but I don't think that .hlp .cnt or .chm would load, I would agree if you are using Run: Regedit.com and a program runs then there is Regedit.com in the Windows path else you will get a message File not found. Have you tried going to Explorer and scrolling down to Regedit.exe in the Windows folder and running it from there? Any other type of file should run providing you use the Browse button to find the exact location. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Monday, February 26, 2007 at 6:32 am Posted by Zimmy (5 messages posted) hmm, running 'Regedit.com' IS opening something, odd that DIR /A /S didn't see it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Monday, February 26, 2007 at 12:07 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) Well if you've done a search for Regedit.com and can't find anything then it must be a hidden file. Change your Explorer settings so you can see all file types. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 10:03 pm Posted by Ed (603 messages posted) When the program REGEDIT.EXE returns the error message which you are experiencing, it is time to boot to DOS and run this command at the C:> prompt: SCANREG /FIX Note that there is a space BEFORE the slash, but NO space after it! The command will attempt to repair your Windows Registry. The process will take AT LEAST ten minutes, perhaps more. Do NOT get impatient and turn off the computer just because nothing seems to be happening. Wait instead. DOS programs give little in the way of feedback. The computer may sit there and appear to do nothing, or may even appear to freeze. This is normal. Go make a cup of coffee if you are feeling impatient. Ed On Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 9:02 am, Zimmy wrote: >Hi there, >For some reason, recently, the Registry Editor (regedit) has started displaying the >following error message whenever I run it, or whenever a different program tries >to open it : >This program has performed an illegal operation and will be terminated. Quit all >programs and then restart your computer. > >If the program consistently encounters problems, click the Start button, then select >Help, Troubleshooting, and 'If you have trouble running MS-DOS programs', > >However... if I run 'regedit.exe' it opens, so I am assuming that there is a regedit.com >somewhere, however I am hesitant to reomve it, as I do not know much about how Windows >works... I am more familiar with DOS and OS/2 > >Also, whenever I use the 'Run' option on the start menu, and type a directory adress >in, it opens a blank 'Search results' page, >Any advice on how to sort this out would be appreciated >Thanks in advance, [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 9:11 am Posted by Zimmy (5 messages posted) Thanks, I'll do that, [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 3:26 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) some interesting stuff on "Regedit.com" in Google http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Regedit.com :) werner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 10:04 am Posted by Zimmy (5 messages posted) Thanks, I'll check out some of those websites I doubt anyone has any ideas about the 'Run' function not working properly..? Thanks in advance [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 1:56 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) :) Hope you get squared away werner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Regedit returns error, and 'Run' opens 'Search Results' Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 8:33 am Posted by Ed (603 messages posted) Try re-registering your system DLL files. Go to START > RUN and then type: regsvr32 urlmon.dll Press Enter. You should see a brief message that the dll has been successfully registered. Do the same with the following, one at a time, pressing enter after each: regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll regsvr32 Mshtml.dll regsvr32 Browseui.dll regsvr32 Shell32.dll It does no harm to re-register a working .dll file. It may be that one of them is broken (corrupted by some other software perhaps), and if so this procedure will repair it by re-registering it correctly. Ed On Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 9:04 am, Zimmy wrote: >Thanks, I'll check out some of those websites >I doubt anyone has any ideas about the 'Run' function not working properly..? >Thanks in advance [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 Me Discussion Forum