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re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder'
Monday, July 25, 2005 at 7:12 am
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Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted)


  1. That's regsvr32. Spelling it right helps alot.
  2. Delete the file ebooks.api--I think that's the name--from Adobe's plugins folder. EBooks should be gone.
  3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
    

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Perform the following:

  1. Disable System Restore *
  2. Perform an online virus scan * * * * .
  3. Download, update, and run these tools: Repeat as necessary until clean.
  4. If you still experience problems after doing these steps, download HijackThis * and post a log to this forum.
  5. To protect against reinfection, download and use these:
    If at all possible, I recommend that you use alternative software, particularly web browsers and email clients: If this is not a viable option, or for additional protection, use these:
  6. Optionally Reenable System Restore * . Better alternatives to System Restore.

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Written in response to:
re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (mark d. doiron: Monday, July 25, 2005 at 3:40 am)

Responses to this message:
*All this trouble and it still keeps re-appearing (Roel: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 1:17 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (Hugo Miura: Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 3:01 pm)
-re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (Bob Hawkes: Sat, Dec 18, 2004, 6:04 am)
*re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (Kory Luke: Tue, Jan 4, 2005, 5:07 pm)
-re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (mark d. doiron: Mon, Jul 25, 2005, 3:40 am)
-re: Question about 'Stop Windows XP from creating the My Pictures folder' (Falcon: Mon, Jul 25, 2005, 7:12 am)
-All this trouble and it still keeps re-appearing (Roel: Tue, Apr 18, 2006, 1:17 am)
*re: All this trouble and it still keeps re-appearing (Kashif Noorani: Wed, Apr 26, 2006, 12:55 am)
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