Re: HELP!! Totally stumped!!

On Apr 7, 9:24 am, "ChrisW" <c...@guamusa.com.us> wrote:
> I'm runningVistaUltimate and have run into a problem I cannot seem to get
> around. I've been running this for about a month now and all of a sudden I
> cannot open Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Appwiz.cpl,Welcome Center, or
> even pull up the properties on Computer. All of the apps I have installed
> run just fine. I can also perform searches both locally and on the
> internet. I'm using Windows Mail to compose this message and, as you can
> tell, it works just fine. The most common message I get is "Windows cannot
> access the specified drive, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate
> permissions to access the item." When that window comes up, sometimes there
> will be a class id in the title and sometimes not. When attempting to runWelcome Center, I will occasionally receive a rundll32 error.
>
> I have attempted to reinstall (upgrade) but because I have PowerShell
> installed, I am unable to perform that task until it is uninstalled.
> However, since I cannot run AppWiz, I cannot uninstall PowerShell. I've
> tried removing all references to that program from within RegEdit but some
> keys cannot be deleted because of a permissions problem. I really don't
> want to do a clean install if at all possible.
>
> Any suggestions on what I should try next?
>
> Chris

Have you tried using msiinv to find the product guid for powershell
and then running msiexec /x {product-guid-for-powershell}? Found a
blog entry that describes it for me - http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...01/434814.aspx
..
I don't know a lot about the requirement to have powershell
uninstalled (never heard of it, but it's a big product), but this
should allow you to uninstall it.

HTH,
James [MSFT]
http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi

I am running ultimate as well and i havent had this problem before. The only
thing i can think of doing is a total reformat of ur hard drive. Then put
vista back on. im sure you can find on the internet a software thats backs
your computer up safely if you cant access the folders. thats the only thing
i can think of.

Good Luck
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> On Apr 7, 9:24 am, "ChrisW" <c...@guamusa.com.us> wrote:
>> I'm runningVistaUltimate and have run into a problem I cannot seem to get
>> around. I've been running this for about a month now and all of a sudden
>> I
>> cannot open Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Appwiz.cpl,Welcome Center,
>> or
>> even pull up the properties on Computer. All of the apps I have
>> installed
>> run just fine. I can also perform searches both locally and on the
>> internet. I'm using Windows Mail to compose this message and, as you can
>> tell, it works just fine. The most common message I get is "Windows
>> cannot
>> access the specified drive, path, or file. You may not have the
>> appropriate
>> permissions to access the item." When that window comes up, sometimes
>> there
>> will be a class id in the title and sometimes not. When attempting to
>> runWelcome Center, I will occasionally receive a rundll32 error.
>>
>> I have attempted to reinstall (upgrade) but because I have PowerShell
>> installed, I am unable to perform that task until it is uninstalled.
>> However, since I cannot run AppWiz, I cannot uninstall PowerShell. I've
>> tried removing all references to that program from within RegEdit but
>> some
>> keys cannot be deleted because of a permissions problem. I really don't
>> want to do a clean install if at all possible.
>>
>> Any suggestions on what I should try next?
>>
>> Chris
>
> Have you tried using msiinv to find the product guid for powershell
> and then running msiexec /x {product-guid-for-powershell}? Found a
> blog entry that describes it for me -
> http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...01/434814.aspx
> .
> I don't know a lot about the requirement to have powershell
> uninstalled (never heard of it, but it's a big product), but this
> should allow you to uninstall it.
>
> HTH,
> James [MSFT]
> http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi
>