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Win 7 Explorer corrupt - no Personalization, no Program detail in CP
Last week, I download Combofix to scan for malware (as recommended by a tech). After the download and automatic scan I discovered the following anomalies: Personalizn displays a Windows Explorer "Unspecified error"; the item "Program Uninstall" is no longer in Control Panel; Search just hangs - no activity at all; Properties (in task bar and program list) does nothing. I restored an Acronis full back up that I had done just a few hours earlier but it didn't change anything. My techie tried to tell me I had viruses (but they were just screen saver files with weird names) and still he couldn't fix it. Trying to reinstall from my upgrade CD (I had Vista before) doesn't work as it reports that it found errors but can't correct them. Techie wants to do a complete RE&RE and I don't want that. Any suggestions?