Help. FreeFileVewer has corrupted my machine -I think.
Hope this is the right forum for this. If not, could some kind soul please shift it, or advise me. All and any positive suggestions gratefully received. (Apart from going out and buying a new PC.)
My HP Desktop with Windows XP refused to restore to an earlier time and I read that one should go to 'Control Panel', 'Folder Options' and add the word 'EXE' into the box 'File Types', 'New'.
After doing that my Outlet express and Internet Explorer buttons in my 'Start' bar changed from the correct logos, to blue boxes with three horizontal dot thingies in them. In fact, most of my other boxes are doing the same thing and sending me to 'screen capture 1' below, which is making my machine virtually useless, as I now can't open any software, etc.
Clicking them, or indeed, even the 'Help and Support' button gives me only a page of FreeFileVewer's gobbldegook, as per 'screen capture 1' .
The top line
I went back into the Folder Options to delete the 'EXE' previously inserted, but it was not there. So I again went in and added 'EXE' , but this time I did it after going into "Programs' and sending the whole FreeFileVewer folder to my recycale bin. This had the effect of pushing FreeFileVewer down one level , but the progs said they then couldn't find an EXE to open the programmes, so I was still stymied.
I do hope some kind soul can quickly help me with a simple and easy to follow solution, before I go stark staring mad and throw this so-and-so computer through the nearest window, as I've been trying to fix it myself for the past 24 hours and am a bit of a weary, almost 79 year old age pensionioner. FreeFileVewer seems to have made my PC virtually unusable and I need it to work ASAP.
Thank's chaps, quite will ing to give my e-mail address and even my 'phone number if needed.
Shall try and add some screen captures below, for you to feel my angst.
Ray Cunningham.
What the heck! Here is an e=mail address: mikeond (at) gmail (dot) com
P.S. Tried to get screen ca-tures through my Irfanview, as usual, but of course, Irfanview will only open into the gobbledegook page of FreeFileViewer. Dammit!
Below is a tiny part of the Fre File Viewer's page that comes up, but it is actually a long, long page with masses of columns.
MZ ÿÿ ¸ @ º ´ Ã!¸LÃ!This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
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My HP Desktop with Windows XP refused to restore to an earlier time and I read that one should go to 'Control Panel', 'Folder Options' and add the word 'EXE' into the box 'File Types', 'New'.
After doing that my Outlet express and Internet Explorer buttons in my 'Start' bar changed from the correct logos, to blue boxes with three horizontal dot thingies in them. In fact, most of my other boxes are doing the same thing and sending me to 'screen capture 1' below, which is making my machine virtually useless, as I now can't open any software, etc.
Clicking them, or indeed, even the 'Help and Support' button gives me only a page of FreeFileVewer's gobbldegook, as per 'screen capture 1' .
The top line
I went back into the Folder Options to delete the 'EXE' previously inserted, but it was not there. So I again went in and added 'EXE' , but this time I did it after going into "Programs' and sending the whole FreeFileVewer folder to my recycale bin. This had the effect of pushing FreeFileVewer down one level , but the progs said they then couldn't find an EXE to open the programmes, so I was still stymied.
I do hope some kind soul can quickly help me with a simple and easy to follow solution, before I go stark staring mad and throw this so-and-so computer through the nearest window, as I've been trying to fix it myself for the past 24 hours and am a bit of a weary, almost 79 year old age pensionioner. FreeFileVewer seems to have made my PC virtually unusable and I need it to work ASAP.
Thank's chaps, quite will ing to give my e-mail address and even my 'phone number if needed.
Shall try and add some screen captures below, for you to feel my angst.
Ray Cunningham.
What the heck! Here is an e=mail address: mikeond (at) gmail (dot) com
P.S. Tried to get screen ca-tures through my Irfanview, as usual, but of course, Irfanview will only open into the gobbledegook page of FreeFileViewer. Dammit!
Below is a tiny part of the Fre File Viewer's page that comes up, but it is actually a long, long page with masses of columns.
MZ ÿÿ ¸ @ º ´ Ã!¸LÃ!This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
$ ` Æ'"$}Ãq$}Ãq$}Ãqâ„¢2{q)}Ãq-xq*}Ãq-iq.}Ãq»€q'}Ãq»-q4}Ãq-nq}Ãq-~q+}Ãq$}ìqÃpÃq-gq¢Ãq-q%}Ãq-yq%}Ãq-|q%}ÃqRich$}Ãq PE L ¨RO
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