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01-Sep-2010, 12:42 AM #16
I doubled clicked My Computer, I doubled clicked the I drive and it has a message to "insert a disk in the drive".....?
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01-Sep-2010, 02:42 AM #17
Is the disk in the drive?
So you have more than one CD/DVD drive?

Copy the text in the following code block into Notepad.
Save it on the desktop as Query.cmd. Be sure to change the Save as Type: box to All Files when saving.
Code:
Set _file=%userprofile%\Desktop\Query.txt
 >"%_file%" Echo.[CODE]
>>"%_file%" 2>&1 Echo.HKCU-Run
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set _N=0
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims=\:" %%I In ('Reg Query HKLM\System\MountedDevices^|Findstr /I /C:"DosDevices"^|Findstr /C:"5C003F00"') Do (Set /A _N+=1)&Set _CDRom!_N!=%%I^:
>>"%_file%" 2>&1 Echo.Set _
>>"%_file%" Echo.[/CODE]
Start Notepad "%_file%"
Exit
Double click the file to run it. It will create a file named Query.txt on the Desktop and open it in Notepad. Copy and paste the text into your next reply:
In Notepad, click Edit | Select All
Click Edit | Copy
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02-Sep-2010, 04:53 PM #18
sorry for the delay and thanks for the help. i have copied the code as you said to but don't know where to double click to run it...?
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02-Sep-2010, 05:12 PM #19
If you saved it on the desktop with a .cmd extension, you just double click that Icon to run the file. The default icon looks like this:
Solved: system icon-batchicon.png
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02-Sep-2010, 05:20 PM #20
OK. thanks. I have a question: I was just going to try a restore and see if that will fix it but now I can't get restore to open. I go to start, programs, and double click on restore and it does nothing...?
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02-Sep-2010, 05:35 PM #21
Copy and paste this line into the Command Prompt, then press Enter. See if that will start it, or if it gives an error.
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%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
To paste into the Command Prompt, right click the Command Prompt window then click Paste. If Quick Edit is enabled, the right click will paste immediately.
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02-Sep-2010, 06:02 PM #22
I'm sorry...I must really be dense on this. I typed in the command in the black box and when I hit enter it just gave me a return to the c:\Documents and Settings\owner> ????
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02-Sep-2010, 07:33 PM #23
No, if you typed something wrong that would certainly have given an error. This is just refusing to run, and not generating an error, at least on screen. I don't know if it also needs the rundll32.exe file, or if this means other files are also missing or corrupt.
I'll see if I can delete rundll32.exe and see if I get the same symptoms.

Have you been able to run the batch file from post 17 that you saved to the desktop?
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02-Sep-2010, 11:23 PM #24
I opened the cmd.exe saved page you told me to and it ran a lot of stuff. Is there a way to copy that to you since I'm afraid that trying to retype it will result in errors that will be incorrect.
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02-Sep-2010, 11:25 PM #25
it was Query.cmd in #17 not cmd.exe that I ran ...I clicked on the saved notepad as you indicated
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02-Sep-2010, 11:39 PM #26
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Originally Posted by TheOutcaste View Post
Double click the file to run it. It will create a file named Query.txt on the Desktop and open it in Notepad. Copy and paste the text into your next reply:
In Notepad, click Edit | Select All
Click Edit | Copy
Switch back to this thread, then click in the reply window and press CTRL+V
It should have opened in Notepad automatically, just follow the steps to copy and paste it. It would also have created a file named Query.txt on the Desktop. If you have your system set to not display extensions it will just show Query for both files, so you have to use the icon to tell which is the text file and which the batch.
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03-Sep-2010, 11:35 AM #27
I have both Query.cmd and Query.txt on the desktop. I double clicked on Query.txt and got:
Code:
HKCU-Run
Set _
in notepad.
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03-Sep-2010, 01:10 PM #28
Opps, I somehow got an echo command in the wrong place, so it's not putting the tesult in the file. That's what I get for not testing after editing
Try this version, this should tell use what letter the Command Prompt thinks the CDRom is:
Copy the text in the following code block into Notepad.
Save it on the desktop as Query.cmd. Be sure to change the Save as Type: box to All Files when saving.
Code:
Set _file=%userprofile%\Desktop\Query.txt
 >"%_file%" Echo.[CODE]
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set _C=0
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims=\:" %%I In ('Reg Query HKLM\System\MountedDevices^|Findstr /I /C:"DosDevices"^|Findstr /C:"5C003F00"') Do (Set /A _C+=1)&Set _CDRom!_C!=%%I^:
>>"%_file%" 2>&1 Set _C
>>"%_file%" Echo.[/CODE]
Start Notepad "%_file%"
Exit
Double click the file to run it. It will create a file named Query.txt on the Desktop and open it in Notepad. Copy and paste the text into your next reply:
In Notepad, click Edit | Select All
Click Edit | Copy
Switch back to this thread, then click in the reply window and press CTRL+V
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03-Sep-2010, 01:45 PM #29
OK. I'm getting confused. I did as you suggested, but lost track of which one is most recent. So here are the ones I've done so far:

Query.txt [CODE]



Query.cmd Set _file=%userprofile%\Desktop\Query.txt
>"%_file%" Echo.
Code:
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
Set _C=0
For /F "Tokens=3 Delims=\:" %%I In ('Reg Query HKLM\System\MountedDevices^|Findstr /I /C:"DosDevices"^|Findstr /C:"5C003F00"') Do (Set /A _C+=1)&Set _CDRom!_C!=%%I^:
>>"%_file%" 2>&1 Set _C
>>"%_file%" Echo.
Start Notepad "%_file%"
Exit


Query.txt
Code:
HKCU-Run
Set _

Query.txt
Code:
HKCU-Run
Set _
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03-Sep-2010, 01:48 PM #30
Those both came from the first file.
Delete all files named Query.cmd or Query.txt from the desktop.
Then create a new Query.cmd from the code box in post #28 and run that one.
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