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Jun 15 2008, 2:02 am
By: Falkoner  

Jun 15 2008, 2:02 am Falkoner Post #1



Okay, I recently downloaded and used RegSeeker to try and clean out my registry, after cleaning it out, every time Explorer starts up, my desktop icons are all reset, when I try to restore my backups on RegSeeker, I get an error when attempting to restore the one called RESTORE DESKTOP ICON POS, so I'm wondering if anyone has any idea how I can fix it.

Second problem: Firefox. I've been running Firefox 2 for a while now, I've gotten it all customized and everything, but for some reason I can no longer run it without disabling all my add-ons, for a while it was just crashing every time I restarted it after getting an update, but now I can't run it at all, anyone know how to fix this one?



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Jun 15 2008, 3:42 am chuiu Post #2



1. Don't know.

2. Sounds like you inadvertently upgraded to Firefox 3. I would try downloading and installing an older version of Firefox, from there you can keep using that version or disable your addons and upgrade back to 3 and update your addons.



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Jun 15 2008, 4:21 pm Falkoner Post #3



I was on Fx 2, but I went ahead and upgraded to Fx 3, and it's working fine now, now I need help with the first problem..



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Jun 16 2008, 1:33 am Riney Post #4

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System recovery ftw...



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Jun 16 2008, 6:28 pm Falkoner Post #5



I'd rather not use that, as I have made some pretty epic changes to my computer as of late.. Does anyone have a working backup?



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Jun 16 2008, 11:29 pm Riney Post #6

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Always a good reason, but still a possibilty.



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Jun 17 2008, 6:47 pm Money Post #7



Quote from Falkoner
I'd rather not use that, as I have made some pretty epic changes to my computer as of late.. Does anyone have a working backup?

Umm, backing up your registry to someone else's is probably not a good idea?



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Jun 17 2008, 7:07 pm Falkoner Post #8



A working backup of RESTORE DESKTOP ICON POS, not the entire registry :P



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Jun 17 2008, 11:33 pm Riney Post #9

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I try to have no icons on my desktop to begin with. I much prefer them hidden on the start menu >:D



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Jun 20 2008, 10:14 am pneumatic Post #10



Not sure what version of Windows you're using, but you might try replacing the actual explorer.exe. It contains the Restore Desktop Icons, and also the instructions for where/how they should be placed (which seems to have something to do with "Pos"). It could also have links to the registry.



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