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Old Timer TFC Cleaner
Right in the middle of running Old Timer TFC Cleaner 3.1.90 (from Geeks to Go) when a message box appeared which read...Windows has encountered a critical problem & will restart automatically in 1 min. After restart, there are two Desktop.ini icons on desktop:
1. [.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
HP Support Assistant.lnk=@C:\Workspaces\HPAssistant\Dev\HPSFSetup\SupportExes\HelpDTICO.dll,-101
Norton Internet Security.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~2\NORTON~2\Branding\muis.dll,-102
(Norton is not even installed on this PC)
2. [.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
[LocalizedFileNames]
Windows Live Mail.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~2\WIC4A1~1\Mail\maillang.dll,-21159
Windows Update.lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\wucltux.dll,-1
Windows Update (2).lnk=@%SystemRoot%\system32\wucltux.dll,-1
Internet Explorer.lnk=@%windir%\System32\ie4uinit.exe,-734
Internet Explorer (64-bit).lnk=@%windir%\System32\ie4uinit.exe,-735
Don't think that TFC had even finished when the PC restarted. Tried to run the cleaner again but all that happened was all my desktop icons disappeared so had to shut down using the power button. Today, tried it again and it cleaned OK but when it comes to restart, there is one program that is not shutting down, Explorer.exe. The 'cancel' button does not respond and 'force restart' results in just the revolving circle & shutting down on screen so I have to use the power button again (but TFC usually always does this).
My questions please: Why is TFC behaving this way (I think that it worked properly about twice in all)? I always make sure nothing is running in the task bar.
Can these two desktop.ini icons on the desktop be deleted safely?
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS - this all happened shortly after Microsoft installed 8 or 9 updates! Could it be??
Last edited by veegee; 14 Jun 2013 at 12:21. Reason: add on