Help!

Fader · 07-25-2008, 10:08 AM

So, today when I turned my computer on, I was a bit surprised to see only my desktop background, and nothing else.

Currently, this is what my computer screen looks like:

I don't know what the hell happened, but I'm assuming I got a virus of some sort. I ran search and destroy, and avg, and both said I was clean. So I guess what I'm asking is, does anyone know a way to fix this? Any recommended virus cleaners I should try? I really want to keep reformatting as a last option. Any help would be amazing.

Icy · 07-25-2008, 10:10 AM

well on my brother comp, he had the same problem, and when i restarted his comp it would go back to normal, but when ever i opened up an application it would happen again

but then i installed a new windows and reformatted his hard drive and it works now

i know thats not the option you wanted, but thats the only one ive tried

BiG PAYN3 · 07-25-2008, 10:22 AM

It could be that the dwm.exe or explorer.exe files are malfunctioning. Run a disk check and see if there are any errors on your hard drives.

ShawNz · 07-25-2008, 10:22 AM

I have that same problem some times. My screen is just the picture. I usually just do the end task deal. but push new task. i only do that if i don't wanna wait for it to reboot.

Mathiasa · 07-25-2008, 03:54 PM

Run > Explorer.exe in taskmanager. I got a regfile that will fix it, wait a second.

Edit; I couldnt find the file I was looking for, but try this instead.

Quote:

Just to let everyone know.... While surfing through the internet I found someone who solved this problem and has a way to fix it. There are 2 registry keys in the registry that are causing the problem. It affects the explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe files.

This is the key that needs to be deleted...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\explorer.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\iexplorer.exe

Once these keys are deleted the desktop and internet explorer should come back to life.

TKD Tormentor · 07-25-2008, 04:09 PM

That happened to me...it was freaky stuff. I just system restored a few times and deleted a lot of junk in safe mode, eventually it went away. :\

Icy · 07-25-2008, 04:25 PM

widows>system32 and delete it