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Hi to everybody with this particular problem.
Apart from the device manager not opening I also had problems with
opening certain applications from the start menu. I tried shellexview as
suggested in other forums to no avail.
I have finally solved my problem by deleting this context menu handler
{FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3- 5BB86A2BAA7B} which seems to belong to Virgin
Broadband PC guard.
The full path here:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{FFFFE5C1-34AF-4d4d-B3D3-
5BB86A2BAA7B} = C:\Program Files\Zero Knowledge\Freedom\AVContextR.dll
...
I'm sure I don't need to remind anybody to back up first but I don't
know yet what repercussions I might get by deleting this value. If i get
any I will post back
Hope this has been some help
Just to update this post I have since found no reference to the above
files on my laptop.It seems that the context menu handler was left over
from a previous version of PC Guard.
After some research I have found that Zero Knowldge have ceased to
exist.
Here is a bit more info I have come across.
AVContextR.dll file information
The process Freedom belongs to the software Freedom by Zero-Knowledge
Systems Inc (
www.zeroknowledge.com).
Description: File AVContextR.dll is located in a subfolder of
"C:\Program Files". The file size on Windows XP is 73728 bytes.
A .dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program
containing functions that other programs can call.
This .dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change
or manipulate their behavior.
The program is not visible. You can uninstall this program in the
control panel. There is no detailed description of this service.
It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other
programs. It is not a Windows system file. Therefore the technical
security rating is 52% dangerous.
If anybody has any extra info please post.
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