re: system32.exe cannot be found Friday, July 11, 2003 at 9:11 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Zybch (1 messages posted) Thanks. Worked a treat! The same thing has happened on several PCs I've seen recently On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 11:23 pm, Jason wrote: >I had the same problem in windows XP due to the virus "backdoor.ssbot" some kind >of irc virus anyway after deleting the file it came up with the error message that >it could not find the syxtem32.exe file. Here is how I fixed the problem. > > >1. go to start-run-regedit. > >2. do a search for system32.exe and you should find one that is in a catagory on >the right hand side that says SHELL explorer.exe "system32.exe" > >3. edit that string just so it says explorer.exe and then exit regedit and reboot >the machine. > > *******IMPORTANT********** > >BEFORE EDITING THE REGISTRY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BACK IT UP JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES >WRONG!!!! > > Hope this helps you out, > Jason > > Written in response to: re: system32.exe cannot be found (Jason: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 11:23 pm) Responses to this message: re: system32.exe cannot be found (Dylan E: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 3:33 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] system32.exe cannot be found (MaX: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 7:35 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Adam Bradley: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 8:02 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Mike: Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 6:13 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (triplate: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 8:30 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Ricer46: Mon, Apr 14, 2003, 9:51 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (triplate: Tue, Apr 15, 2003, 5:12 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (nathan dulmes: Wed, Jul 9, 2003, 12:55 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (mike: Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 8:22 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Jason: Wed, Jul 9, 2003, 11:23 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Zybch: Fri, Jul 11, 2003, 9:11 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Dylan E: Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 3:33 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (matt: Wed, Jul 23, 2003, 2:21 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Wilson: Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 7:50 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (matt: Wed, Jul 23, 2003, 6:21 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (JC: Thu, Jul 24, 2003, 12:18 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (fuked by worm: Thu, Jul 24, 2003, 7:23 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (D-Rock: Sun, Jul 27, 2003, 1:43 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Caught_Up: Wed, Aug 6, 2003, 1:19 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Patrick: Tue, Aug 12, 2003, 10:01 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Dan Chat: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 11:46 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (jose: Sat, Aug 9, 2003, 2:53 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Christiaan: Thu, Aug 14, 2003, 9:49 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Moosehunter: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 7:02 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Cooper: Thu, Aug 14, 2003, 8:16 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Chud: Wed, Aug 20, 2003, 5:48 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (frankie: Mon, Aug 18, 2003, 12:32 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Chud: Wed, Aug 20, 2003, 4:41 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (Brandon: Fri, Aug 8, 2003, 5:54 pm) re: system32.exe cannot be found (SAbz: Sun, Aug 17, 2003, 4:52 am) re: system32.exe cannot be found (marlene: Fri, Aug 15, 2003, 4:06 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum