From: Cymbal Man Freq. on
I just came from my Dad's computer and while downloading/installing some
Windows Updates (Net Framework SP 2 patches, etc) the machine ground to a
halt so I had to hard reboot. Now folders, Control Panel, My Documents, My
Computer, Explorer.exe, etc. won't open and they lock up the machine if I
try, then I have to hard reboot again. This affects at least 2 of the 4
Users on the XP Pro machine, I don't know why.

I went to File Types in one user & tried to enable .exe but it won't let me
click Apply so something isn't working there. I saw a YouTube video where
some kid went into the registry and under the Winlogon key he clicked on
Shell and had us retype explorer.exe, but that didn't help. I went to Kellys
Korner and downloaded and ran the registry hack for .exe files that don't
work and that didn't help.

I'm at a loss as to what to do. I ran a virus scan & came up empty. Ran a
Scan disk, no problems.

I'd like to do a backup, since the last one was last August, but I'd rather
get the folders and stuff working first. What to do?