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Answer» I run Windows XP, and recently I've been trying to use SCUMMVM to run some of my older games. The first few days it worked fine and, as per norm, OPENED up the command prompt in order to open the program, then allowed me to access my games. Try typing "cmd.exe" instead of "cmd" in Start - Run, and see if it stays open.I tried that already, it does the same thing. Pops open momentarily, then disappears. I can open it 100 times and it does the same thing.If Regedit fails to open properly as well, it's almost certainly due to an infection; W32.Bropia being the favourite perhaps.Quote If Regedit fails to open properly as well, it's almost certainly due to an infection; W32.Bropia being the favourite perhaps.If you mean type in 'regedit' in the RUN box, then, I just did, and it opened fine. Apparently it's just the DOS, command prompt and anything that needs to open DOS to open itself like SCUMMVM. I uninstalled and deleted SCUMMVM and am trying to reinstall it, but it's coming up with errors as well. I know how to fix that, but it still doesn't do much GOOD if I can't use it. Also, I pulled up RUN and instead of entering 'cmd.exe' like I usually do I entered 'command.' It popped up momentarily with a End Program message, and I took a screenshot of it. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7315/helpdos2kb.jpg Hopefully that can shed some light on what's going on.. I'm such a newb when it comes to DOS, my method is usually trial and error but this has really got me on edge. Running some scans still, to see if they find anything wrong.The image appears that command.com opened and you clicked the X to close it. When opening command.com from the RUN box you should use the EXIT command to close it. Try opening cmd using the /k switch.Quote The image appears that command.com opened and you clicked the X to close it. When opening command.com from the RUN box you should use the exit command to close it. Try opening cmd using the /k switch.I didn't click anything. The command box was trying to close itself. That's the problem. Also, I don't NEED to open the command box as much as I need to know how to stop it from closing, I figured that if I knew how to open it there would be something I could do within it to keep it from closing when I try to open SCUMMVM.Did you take Backdated's advice? If you are infected, ALL bets are off on a solution!Quote Did you take Backdated's advice? If you are infected, ALL bets are off on a solution!I started to earlier but had to stop. I've picked it back up now though. This definately applies to me, right? Last time I started to download stuff and try to 'clean up' my father's computer, he blamed me for something deleting his D-drive, which was the whole reason why we had to reformat the computer. (It's been less than a week since the reformatting, so you can understand why this is getting stressful for ALL of us.) I'll keep you posted just in case.I ran everything Backdated suggested, and the problem is fixed now. Thank you. From now on I'll know what to do if this ever happens again. Thank you, again, very much.Thanks for posting back that the problem was solved (without deleting the D drive!) Quote I ran everything Backdated suggested, and the problem is fixed now. Thank you. From now on I'll know what to do if this ever happens again. Thank you, again, very much. Do you know what the problem was? Such feedback is always useful. You really should post a Hijackthis logfile by the way. ya my friend had an infection like this, the ctrl-alt-del function was completely disabled and the task manager wouldn't open. so i pulled out my armagedon disk and boom destroyed the harddrive. |
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