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applications won't start
Hi Newbie here, but hopefully someone will be kind and knowledgable enough to help me out. None of my applications will start in Windows 7. Here is the history in case it helps:
I recently had an issue with internet explorer redirecting. Everything was normal apart from this. Scans with adaware came back clean except for 12 cookies. Scans with AVG also came back with a broken signature on an adobe air update.
I started to look for instructions on the internet for what to do next and found a site that appeared to be helpful. I started following the instructions and used some kind of web based program (possibly cleaning up the registry) followed by creating a restore point. I cannot remember the name of the program or the web site with the instructions.
When I tried to restart, Windows looked very odd (possibly broken) and all my settings had gone. I then went back to the restore point which restored the appearance of Windows. Windows 7 now looks normal as it did before all of this. Unfortunately none of my applications will now start (including internet explorer). The only application I can get to start is windows explorer.
Please can someone help me figure out what the problem may be.
Thanks
Elwood