re: odbc.hta
Monday, March 22, 2004 at 9:24 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Evan
(18 messages posted)
Thank you for the advice. Actually, I do remember the command prompt. I just never
used "attrib." In fact I remembered enough to change the directory to Windows after
it dumped me in Documents and Settings for some reason. :) So I was able to delete
odbc.hta. I was not able, however, to delete homepage.htm. When I tried using -h
homepage.htm, it said Not Resseting System File. When I tried to erase it, it couldn't
find it because it was still hidden. In any event, I restarted my computer and odbc.hta
did not start as it would have before. Also, when I opened Internet Explorer, my
homepage was Google News, which I had reset it as, and not that annoying search engine.
But that file is still there and the computer still tried to log on to the internet
at startup. When I typed attrib homepage.hta, it listed SHR on the side. The R was
the only difference between that and what was listed after odbc.hta. What should
I do?
By the way, thanks for the help. I would have no idea what to do about this otherwise!
:)
Evan
On Monday, March 22, 2004 at 7:36 am, Jordan Lund wrote:
>
>On Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 10:24 pm, Evan wrote:
>>I have the same problem in Windows XP. I don't
>know anything about programming
>though
>>and I don't understand how you said to get rid
>> of them. What does attrib mean?
>
>Boy, you make me feel old! Back in the day before
>
computers had a mouse you had to type everything.
>
This was called "DOS" and the generic name for the
>
interface is a "command line". This still exists in
Windows XP (purely,
I
>think, because geeks like me
>
simply can't let go. :^)
>
> Attrib is a command you type at the command
line. To get there in Windows
>XP you go from the
Start button to all programs to accessories to
Command
>Line.
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