regedit wont start

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When trying to run regedit, nothing happens, just this black screen comes
up, and thats it....

any ideas?

 

[Rock]

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Rune Haarberg wrote:

> When trying to run regedit, nothing happens, just this black screen comes
> up, and thats it....
>
> any ideas?
>
>

Will msconfig run or task manager, ctrl-alt-del? If neither of these
run then it's a virus.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

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Start|Run|type in:"C:\Windows\Regedit.exe"(without quotes)|ok

regards,
ssg MS-MVP


Rune Haarberg wrote:

> When trying to run regedit, nothing happens, just this black screen comes
> up, and thats it....
>
> any ideas?
>
>

 

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This happened with my grandad's computer, turned out he had like 30
something viruses

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"Rune Haarberg" <r_haarberg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> When trying to run regedit, nothing happens, just this black screen comes
> up, and thats it....
>
> any ideas?
>