NT and WIN.INI
Cherry Marks
for evaluation. After deciding it was not what I wanted, I
discovered that there was no uninstall procedure. I then
deleted the entire directory (C:\TBAV) where the program was
located. Now when I boot I get a message that says Windows
NT cannot find the file C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE referenced in
WIN.INI or one of its components. I have searched all
through WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, etc. and found no references
this file. I have also used the REGEDIT.EXE and
REGEDIT32.EXE programs and found no references to the
TBLOAD.EXE program.
Can anyone tell me where else to look?
Thanks,
Cherry
cma...@bcm.tmc.edu
David Connet
cma...@bcm.tmc.edu (Cherry Marks) wrote:
>I recently installed an antivirus program called Thunderbyte
>for evaluation. After deciding it was not what I wanted, I
>discovered that there was no uninstall procedure. I then
>deleted the entire directory (C:\TBAV) where the program was
>located. Now when I boot I get a message that says Windows
>NT cannot find the file C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE referenced in
>WIN.INI or one of its components. I have searched all
>through WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, etc. and found no references
>this file. I have also used the REGEDIT.EXE and
>REGEDIT32.EXE programs and found no references to the
>TBLOAD.EXE program.
Using regedt32, look in \\hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows
nt\currentversion\windows.
The items you're interested in are the load and run entries. Note, searching
the tbload won't work as nt regedt only searches for keys unlike 95's.
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Dave Connet
Dave_...@corp.dialog.com
My opinions are my own. I think...
Sammy
>I recently installed an antivirus program called Thunderbyte
>for evaluation. After deciding it was not what I wanted, I
>discovered that there was no uninstall procedure. I then
>deleted the entire directory (C:\TBAV) where the program was
>located. Now when I boot I get a message that says Windows
>NT cannot find the file C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE referenced in
>WIN.INI or one of its components. I have searched all
>through WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, etc. and found no references
>this file. I have also used the REGEDIT.EXE and
>REGEDIT32.EXE programs and found no references to the
>TBLOAD.EXE program.
>
>Can anyone tell me where else to look?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Cherry
>cma...@bcm.tmc.edu
>
Never never never install new software without first backing up
winnt35\system32\config.
I had the sane problem with another peice of crappy software.
Your problem is in one of the files in the "config" directory.
Anyone else ??
Sammy
John R Buchan
->
->On 8 Jan 1996 21:25:42 GMT, cma...@bcm.tmc.edu (Cherry Marks) wrote:
->
->>I recently installed an antivirus program called Thunderbyte
->>for evaluation. After deciding it was not what I wanted, I
->>discovered that there was no uninstall procedure. I then
->>deleted the entire directory (C:\TBAV) where the program was
->>located. Now when I boot I get a message that says Windows
->>NT cannot find the file C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE referenced in
->>WIN.INI or one of its components. I have searched all
->>through WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, etc. and found no references
->>this file. I have also used the REGEDIT.EXE and
->>REGEDIT32.EXE programs and found no references to the
->>TBLOAD.EXE program.
->>
->>Can anyone tell me where else to look?
->>
->>Thanks,
->>
->>Cherry
->>cma...@bcm.tmc.edu
->>
->
->Never never never install new software without first backing up
->winnt35\system32\config.
At least create a new repair disk (use rdisk.exe).
->I had the sane problem with another peice of crappy software.
->Your problem is in one of the files in the "config" directory.
->Anyone else ??
If you have some Idea of where in the win,ini file this was supposed
to have been, you can use the ini mappings to find out where the info
would be in the registry.
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\
IniFileMapping\win.ini (or system.ini)
For instance: in the win.ini key you will find that DestTop info is in
#USR:Control Panel\Desktop. So you goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\
Desktop and there it is.
BTW, there are a few registry search tools out there that would look for
a specific value (eg, C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE). One example is regfind.exe.
You might find it at oak.oaklang.edu /SimTel/NT (or something like that).
--
John R Buchan -:|:- Looking for that elusive FAQ? ftp to:
jat...@mail.iag.net -:|:- rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet-by-group/....
Richard Whittington
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Windows
Load:REG_SZ:<might_be_here>
You can search for a key but not for a value.
Rgds
Richard
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Sammy wrote:
>
> On 8 Jan 1996 21:25:42 GMT, cma...@bcm.tmc.edu (Cherry Marks) wrote:
>
> >I recently installed an antivirus program called Thunderbyte
> >for evaluation. After deciding it was not what I wanted, I
> >discovered that there was no uninstall procedure. I then
> >deleted the entire directory (C:\TBAV) where the program was
> >located. Now when I boot I get a message that says Windows
> >NT cannot find the file C:\TBAV\TBLOAD.EXE referenced in
> >WIN.INI or one of its components. I have searched all
> >through WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, etc. and found no references
> >this file. I have also used the REGEDIT.EXE and
> >REGEDIT32.EXE programs and found no references to the
> >TBLOAD.EXE program.
> >
> >Can anyone tell me where else to look?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Cherry
> >cma...@bcm.tmc.edu
> >
>
> Never never never install new software without first backing up
> winnt35\system32\config.
> I had the sane problem with another peice of crappy software.
> Your problem is in one of the files in the "config" directory.
> Anyone else ??
>
Gerry Wheeler
>Never never never install new software without first backing up
>winnt35\system32\config.
Is there an FAQ somewhere about what to do to protect and recover NT?
I've heard about the recovery disks and so on, but one never gets to
practice these things before they're needed. :-) I suppose it would be
nice to take a new NT installation and deliberately mess it up and
recover it a few times just to be sure I know how to do it.
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SpectraFAX Corp. 941-643-5070 fax
Naples, FL gwhe...@gate.net