Registry Editor will not open

[Searle Wadley]

Upon the advise of Norton Antivirus in response to a
worm, I tried to open the Registry Editor but each time I
typed in "regedit" the Registry Editor flashed on the
screen but would immediately close. I also tried
typing "command' and then "regedit" but got the same
results. I also tried replacing the file "registry.exe"
but this did not help either.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Walter Clayton]

Rename regedit.exe to regedit.com and you should be able to get it going.

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"Searle Wadley" > wrote in message
...
> Upon the advise of Norton Antivirus in response to a
> worm, I tried to open the Registry Editor but each time I
> typed in "regedit" the Registry Editor flashed on the
> screen but would immediately close. I also tried
> typing "command' and then "regedit" but got the same
> results. I also tried replacing the file "registry.exe"
> but this did not help either.
>
> Any advise would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.