Every winXP program loads BF2!

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:11

Okay, my computer has gone wrong!

Windows loads up fine but every program I load somehow prompts BF2 to load up. So basicly I can't load firefox, ABC, Win help & support, spybot or well anything. All makes BF2 load :-S

If you go on the properties of any application, the Target is aimed
at the correct file. Any ideas. Its rendered my computer useless!

Buggered - David

uknorthboy · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:47

Try a system restore point before this happened, assuming you have not done already that is.

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:56

I have done so to no avail. I would add though that everthing works in safe mode.

whitecrook · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:08

uninstall then test then reinstall BF?

uknorthboy · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:09

Well I am probably stating the obvious which you have tried already, but have you ruled out virus / spyware? Other than that I am stumped

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:17

i'm stumped two. I though about reinstalling BF2 but though then nothing would work as everything is pointing at a progeam which isn't there.

I have restarted Windows and now I get comfronted by a BSOD (0x00000024). Can I run a CHKDSC for my C drive but not through Windows ?

sfx · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:45

Rednut05 said:
i'm stumped two. I though about reinstalling BF2 but though then nothing would work as everything is pointing at a progeam which isn't there.

I have restarted Windows and now I get comfronted by a BSOD (0x00000024). Can I run a CHKDSC for my C drive but not through Windows ?

Yes if you put your XP disk in you can get to the recovery console where you can run chkdsk.

sfx

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:55

Okay. So bung the XP disc in. Set the bios to boot from CD then is it one of the options? Because i really don't want
to have to reinstall windows.

sfx · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:14

If you boot from the CD you have the option to load the recovery console. From there you can execute commands etc...

Don't get it confused with Recovery CD.

sfx

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:32

the hard bit now is finding my xp cd....

Rednut05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:44

okay lost xp cd. so am i not in a great situation. i can't get past the BSOD. can try loading safe mode or normal and its having none of it. eek

Rednut05 · 14 Feb 2006 at 13:05

any ideas?

ns400r · 14 Feb 2006 at 14:29

Try this page - http://djlizard.net/tech/repair-permissions-associations/

Tute · 14 Feb 2006 at 18:29

I had this happen once, it was quite a while ago, same weird thing with the shortcuts and they always loaded BF1942. Corrupted registry I think. Never was able to discover what did it.

Found that a reinstall was the only way to go. Sorry it's not much help, just thought i'd give a heads-up.

Rednut05 · 14 Feb 2006 at 20:38

Well. Now my main comps HDD is 160Gb and has about 100Gb in use so I don't really want to loose it.

So basicly. I have sourced a 40Gb HDD from the family computer. It needed formatting anyway so I have just done a fresh install on it. Now i'm planning on loading in my computers main 160Gb HDD as a 2nd hard drive and seeing if I can sort it from there...

Cheers for the link ns400r...but my PDA wouldn't load it! So I couldn't see what was on it and got bored and annoyed so went expirementing. As I am still doing.

I'll read in now though anyway!

Cheers David.