Hi, mm4835mk.
Have you tried other ways to start Task Manager? Right-click the Taskbar
and choose from the context menu. Or open a Command Prompt window and run
taskmgr.exe from there.
As TaurArian said, "Taskmgr.exe should be listed in the
%SystemRoot%\system32 directory." This is true for Vista, as well as WinXP.
It it's not there, then run the System File Checker: sfc /scannow
The virus may have done other damage, of course, so a repair install may be
your best (though not quickest) solution, but it doesn't work the same way
in Vista as in WinXP. Google for "repair install" +vista and you should get
over 100,000 hits; the first one I get, by MVP John Barnett, offers step by
step instructions:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/windows...ir_options.htm
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
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> Hi, my son deleted the Task Manager in accident trying to fix some mess
> that
> was caused apparently by a virus. I've tried the alt+ctl+del and it would
> not
> open. What can I do?