nothing works

[Greg]

my son (who is 5) was messing with the pc and nothing
will open or work. Anytime you try to open something it
post an error "windows cannot find C:\, and the name of
the program. The cd rom does the same. The only thing
that works iexplore. Noe of the start up programs will
work either, anitvirus for example. Any ideas, PLEASE let
me know

[Harry Ohrn]

1)Click on Start->Run and type "c:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe"
without the quotes and then press Enter to open the System Restore Wizard
2)Use the wizard to Restore your computer to an earlier time
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Greg" > wrote in message
...
> my son (who is 5) was messing with the pc and nothing
> will open or work. Anytime you try to open something it
> post an error "windows cannot find C:\, and the name of
> the program. The cd rom does the same. The only thing
> that works iexplore. Noe of the start up programs will
> work either, anitvirus for example. Any ideas, PLEASE let
> me know

[Greg]

I have tried to do that and as sson as i click enter this
error pops up "cannot find c:\windows\system32
\restore\rstrui.exe" nothing will open, not even help
>-----Original Message-----
>1)Click on Start->Run and type "c:\windows\system32
\restore\rstrui.exe"
>without the quotes and then press Enter to open the
System Restore Wizard
>2)Use the wizard to Restore your computer to an earlier
time
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>"Greg" > wrote in message
...
>> my son (who is 5) was messing with the pc and nothing
>> will open or work. Anytime you try to open something it
>> post an error "windows cannot find C:\, and the name of
>> the program. The cd rom does the same. The only thing
>> that works iexplore. Noe of the start up programs will
>> work either, anitvirus for example. Any ideas, PLEASE
let
>> me know
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes, EXE File
Association Fix. If shortcuts don't work either, see the LNK File
Association Fix entry as well.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Greg" > wrote in message
...
> I have tried to do that and as sson as i click enter this
> error pops up "cannot find c:\windows\system32
> \restore\rstrui.exe" nothing will open, not even help
> >-----Original Message-----
> >1)Click on Start->Run and type "c:\windows\system32
> \restore\rstrui.exe"
> >without the quotes and then press Enter to open the
> System Restore Wizard
> >2)Use the wizard to Restore your computer to an earlier
> time
> >--
> >
> >Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> >www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> >
> >"Greg" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> my son (who is 5) was messing with the pc and nothing
> >> will open or work. Anytime you try to open something it
> >> post an error "windows cannot find C:\, and the name of
> >> the program. The cd rom does the same. The only thing
> >> that works iexplore. Noe of the start up programs will
> >> work either, anitvirus for example. Any ideas, PLEASE
> let
> >> me know
> >
> >
> >.
> >