re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 12:27 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mika (1 messages posted) Found the following link that fixed the problem for me. Some virus had changed the way exe-files were executed. http://www.pchell.com/virus/sircam.shtml On Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 11:37 am, kgkgkghk wrote: >go to start/parameters/control Panel/System >select the "advanced" tab, go the environment variable and modify the PATH variable >to replace the %systemroot% string by your real windows path (like c:\WINNT or c:\WINDOWS >) > >hope it works for you Written in response to: re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (kgkgkghk: Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 11:37 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Babs Robertson: Friday, February 17, 2006 at 12:25 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Dool-E: Sat, Jan 17, 2004, 6:37 pm) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Dool-E: Sat, Jan 17, 2004, 8:26 pm) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (moguai: Sun, Jul 25, 2004, 1:03 am) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (prakash: Mon, Aug 30, 2004, 4:07 pm) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (kgkgkghk: Wed, Jun 8, 2005, 11:37 am) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Mika: Tue, Oct 4, 2005, 12:27 pm) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Babs Robertson: Fri, Feb 17, 2006, 12:25 am) re: Question about 'I get a 'File not found' message when I try to start any program'-all symptoms-not cured (Phil: Sun, Sep 18, 2005, 8:59 pm) 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