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Thread ID: 42786 2004-02-22 08:14:00 Where's all those opened programs? AZREAL (1795) Press F1
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217415 2004-02-22 16:33:00 whiskeytangofoxtrot............it would be nice if you didn't make comments designed to show how you like to belittle my suggestions........

the fact is simple it' woulda been fixed already and very very easy to do without all this wondering what/why etc etc has caused the problem.........restore one day.......problem gone.........simple.....
drcspy (146)
217416 2004-02-22 19:50:00 Ok I've just tried system restore but it won't let me saying that it can't restore as there's no change to the system............... I've pulled my taskbar up and there is no opened programs listed there. AZREAL (1795)
217417 2004-02-22 20:24:00 heres a possibility

www.annoyances.org

and this from

www.experts-exchange.com


There are actually 2 solutions. The problem is definitely something in the registry.

1. Create new users and tranfer necessary data (not settings). This creates new settings for all the users, and in so doing clears the conflicting settings. This solution is problematic, because I cannot afford to transfer my settings to a new user. This is a very heavily used development station. But it gave me the clue to the second solution.

2. This solution is a bit more complex.
Login for each user experiencing this problem and perform the following operations.
Open up regedit, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer.
Export the key to back it up.
Delete the Explorer key.
Logout and then log back in.
Open the registry to the same key - it has been recreated.
Import the backed up registry over the recreated one (do not delete first).
This will restore the settings previously in the registry, and irradicate the problem. Beats me why this works - but it does.

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LUCK
drcspy (146)
217418 2004-02-22 23:43:00 Hey problem solved. Just had to delete the key for explorer in regedit and log out and log back in.............. it's that easy....
thanks for all the help!!!
AZREAL (1795)
217419 2004-02-23 01:23:00 EXCELLENT glad to have helped drcspy (146)
217420 2004-02-23 01:38:00 > EXCELLENT glad to have helped

Good one drcspy. Well done. ;-)
Fire-and-Ice (3910)
217421 2004-02-23 05:06:00 > whiskeytangofoxtrot............it would be nice if
> you didn't make comments designed to show how you
> like to belittle my suggestions........
>
> the fact is simple it' woulda been fixed already and
> very very easy to do without all this wondering
> what/why etc etc has caused the
> problem.........restore one day.......problem
> gone.........simple.....


Well for one, he tried it and it didn't fix it, but it's not a fix per se.

Reinstalling windows would've fixed it, buying a new computer would've fixed it, but they aren't realistic fixes.

He wanted a fix, not a workaround.
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
217422 2004-02-23 05:19:00 yeh and you didn't supply it ...........................I did so go suck a lemon or something.........or.........maybe you already did ?........you kinda look like you may have ......or sound it .......or something drcspy (146)
217423 2004-02-23 05:26:00 > yeh and you didn't supply it
> ...........................I did so go suck a lemon
> or something.........or.........maybe you already did
> ?........you kinda look like you may have ......or
> sound it .......or something


right...
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
217424 2004-02-23 06:14:00 .................................... drcspy (146)
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