Swen Recovery - Can Not Find . . .

[Walter Wood]

A friend of mine got infected with the swen virus on his WinXP Home system
and I get to fix it. The system boots both in Safe and regular mode.

I have been able to remove the virus using the Symantec removal tool but the
system but it did not fix the registry and the system is still not right.

I cannot choose properties for My Computer. When I try and run a program
inlcuding System Restore and items in the Control Panel I get a message that
says "Can not find rundll32.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly. .
.." FWIW the icon for rundll32.exe is a plain white icon although the
properties tab looks normal.

I tried to run some a reg utilities that restores these associations and but
had to re-associate ref files with regedit. Even after doing this I get a
message "Cannot import showerror - Error opening the file. There may be a
disk or system file error."

Any suggestions other than wiping out the HD and reinstall everything?

TIA
Walter

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Walter,

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes. On this page,
you'll find fixes for REG files and CPL files. These will restore the
default associations for these files. For the REG file, open Regedit, and
use the File, Import method, to import the changes. You can do the same
with the CPL association fix.

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"Walter Wood" > wrote in message
...
> A friend of mine got infected with the swen virus on his WinXP Home system
> and I get to fix it. The system boots both in Safe and regular mode.
>
> I have been able to remove the virus using the Symantec removal tool but
the
> system but it did not fix the registry and the system is still not right.
>
> I cannot choose properties for My Computer. When I try and run a program
> inlcuding System Restore and items in the Control Panel I get a message
that
> says "Can not find rundll32.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly.
..
> ." FWIW the icon for rundll32.exe is a plain white icon although the
> properties tab looks normal.
>
> I tried to run some a reg utilities that restores these associations and
but
> had to re-associate ref files with regedit. Even after doing this I get a
> message "Cannot import showerror - Error opening the file. There may be a
> disk or system file error."
>
> Any suggestions other than wiping out the HD and reinstall everything?
>
> TIA
> Walter
>
>

[Kelly]

Hi Walter,

Try the remover again. It should correct these issues.

It can be gained from line 280 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"Walter Wood" > wrote in message
...
> A friend of mine got infected with the swen virus on his WinXP Home system
> and I get to fix it. The system boots both in Safe and regular mode.
>
> I have been able to remove the virus using the Symantec removal tool but
the
> system but it did not fix the registry and the system is still not right.
>
> I cannot choose properties for My Computer. When I try and run a program
> inlcuding System Restore and items in the Control Panel I get a message
that
> says "Can not find rundll32.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly.
..
> ." FWIW the icon for rundll32.exe is a plain white icon although the
> properties tab looks normal.
>
> I tried to run some a reg utilities that restores these associations and
but
> had to re-associate ref files with regedit. Even after doing this I get a
> message "Cannot import showerror - Error opening the file. There may be a
> disk or system file error."
>
> Any suggestions other than wiping out the HD and reinstall everything?
>
> TIA
> Walter
>
>