re: frozen start menu and icons
Monday, October 24, 2005 at 8:34 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Diane
(2 messages posted)
I deleted the Daily Weather forcast file using cp, but I don't see the winstyle2.dll
file. My start menu and icons are still fozen.
On Monday, October 24, 2005 at 3:32 pm, jcw wrote:
>If you have a folder under Program Files called "Daily Weather Forecast" which you
>don't recognize, it is bad and should be deleted. Ditto for a file called winstyle2.dll
>(most likely in: Windows\system32).
>In your case, they'll need to be deleted using the command prompt window. I'll
assume
>you know how. You may need to make some changes in the registry first, however,
>which is why I asked if you were able to open the registry editor via the CP window.
> Post back tomorrow and let us know where you stand.
>
Btw, in the future, you should get and use an AV program that works in safe
mode,
>e.g. AVG, which as freeware is available at: » http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
>
>
|
All messages in this thread [show all]
 | | | | | |  | re: frozen start menu and icons (Diane: Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 8:34 pm) |
| |
| |
| |
Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum
|
|
