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Regedit and CMD wont run

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by rross48, Jan 23, 2007.

  1. rross48 Newcomer, in training Posts: 45

    Ok... I think its probably a virus or something but i was wonderingif it can b fixed.:confused:
    Im running WinXP SP2 and whenever i try 2 access Regedit (Registry editor) or CMD (Command promt) it shows this message "Regedit is not a valid Win32 Application" and the same for CMD.

    I know that they r valid Win32 Applications cause if i copy them somewhere else they work fine.
    I know that there is nothing running in the background cause ive checked "Processes" and they are all the correct things, nothing suspicious:suspiciou
    Any help would b apreciated, thanx!
    rross48, Jan 23, 2007
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  2. Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 10,047   +11

    run crap cleaner registry repair.
    Tedster, Jan 23, 2007
    #2

  3. rross48 Newcomer, in training Posts: 45

    OK dw i got it i looked it up on google... When u type regedit into RUN... it searches through all extention types... first of all regedit.COM
    a virus placed those files theres so it wouldnt and their hidden. So i deleted them and it worked!
    rross48, Jan 23, 2007
    #3
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