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Old June 6th, 2004, 06:32 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Trouble opening "My Computer" and associated files

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I can not open the My Computer icon on my desktop. When I try i get a message that says, "Explorer: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down." Following that message i get a message that says there was a problem with internet explorer and it will be closed. Please save all unsaved information, or something like that. This also happens when i try to open file folders. If anyone could help me it would be VERY appreciated. Thank you!
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someone please reply, i really need your help
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sounds like your windows install is corrupted by either a virus or something....what version of windows do you have??
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are you able to access the internet at all on the system giving you problems (in case the one you are using right now is a different one...)
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I am able to access the internet ( i am on that computer right now). I am able to run most applications on my desktop.
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okay, try going to the link below and performing the windows updates, do all the criticals and anything pertaining to windows system or internet/internet explorer...good luck

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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thanks for all your help, hopefully it works
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Upon going to that website, i found under "Update history" that at one point or another i already performed all of the updates availiable for my system. Do you have any other suggestions?
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after you did a scan for updates, no other came up??
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