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bko_flower191 - 19 Aug 2005 19:30 GMT

whenever i try to open regedit, it gives following error message "This
program has performed an illegal operation & will be terminated, quit all
proagrams & restart windows.The program tried to execute an invalid
instruction"
However
even afer restarting the windows, problem is still there.What should i do?

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Ron Badour - 19 Aug 2005 19:54 GMT

If there is a details button on the error message, click it and post that
message here verbatim (registers not required).

In any case, I would do a complete scan of the drive with an up to date anti
virus program followed by a malware hunt with updated versions of:

AdAware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

CWShredder: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html (download
link near the bottom)

Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/

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> whenever i try to open regedit, it gives following error message "This
> program has performed an illegal operation & will be terminated, quit all
> proagrams & restart windows.The program tried to execute an invalid
> instruction"
> However
> even afer restarting the windows, problem is still there.What should i do?

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Ben Myers - 20 Aug 2005 07:27 GMT

Try using sfc to extract a fresh copy of "regedit.exe" from your Windows 98
CD to the "C:\Windows" folder.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129605/#XSLTH4147121122120121120120

Ben

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