Guest Eustace Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 For two or three days now I have experienced some peculiar events: (1) When I click at a local html file I get an alert like: Windows cannot find 'C:\my files\webpage.html'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button and click Search. while the webpage loads OK at the FF2 (my default browser). (2) When I close one program, another program closes simultaneously. This happened 2 times with the same 2 programs. I run Ad-aware and it found 2 registry keys and 1 registry value (dialers, low risk) that it took care off. Then I run Spybot and it didn't find any other problems. Since the 2 problems appeared at about the same time, I tend to think they are connected, and may also connected with the registry keys, since it's very rare that Ad-Aware find anything else then cookies. Any ideas? Eustace -- It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation http://www.geocities.com/itaintme_babe/itaintme.html
Guest PA Bear Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. A1. Is IE7 installed? A2. What programs, ferinstance? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org Eustace wrote: > For two or three days now I have experienced some peculiar events: > > (1) When I click at a local html file I get an alert like: > > Windows cannot find 'C:\my files\webpage.html'. Make sure you typed > the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click > the Start button and click Search. > > while the webpage loads OK at the FF2 (my default browser). > > (2) When I close one program, another program closes simultaneously. > This happened 2 times with the same 2 programs. > > I run Ad-aware and it found 2 registry keys and 1 registry value > (dialers, low risk) that it took care off. Then I run Spybot and it > didn't find any other problems. > > Since the 2 problems appeared at about the same time, I tend to think > they are connected, and may also connected with the registry keys, since > it's very rare that Ad-Aware find anything else then cookies. > > Any ideas? > > Eustace
Guest Ayush Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. [Eustace] wrote-: > For two or three days now I have experienced some peculiar events: > > (1) When I click at a local html file I get an alert like: > > Windows cannot find 'C:\my files\webpage.html'. Make sure you typed > the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click > the Start button and click Search. > > while the webpage loads OK at the FF2 (my default browser). http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=611435 Good Luck, Ayush. -- XP-Tips [Adjust the vertical space between icons] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/iconspace.mspx
Guest Eustace Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. On 2007-07-13 17:33 Ayush wrote: > [Eustace] wrote-: >> For two or three days now I have experienced some peculiar events: >> >> (1) When I click at a local html file I get an alert like: >> >> Windows cannot find 'C:\my files\webpage.html'. Make sure you typed >> the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click >> the Start button and click Search. >> >> while the webpage loads OK at the FF2 (my default browser). > > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=611435 > > Good Luck, Ayush. Thanks! Clearing the DDE Message did the trick. -Eustace
Guest Eustace Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. On 2007-07-13 17:23 PA Bear wrote: > A1. Is IE7 installed? Yes. The issue seems somehow to be connected with the Adobe Reader 8.1 update. The other reply helped me solve it. > A2. What programs, fer instance? I use Adobe Reader 8.1, WordPerfect 12, and the Freelang Dictionary 3.7.1 (http://www.freelang.net) together on a daily basis. What I do is use the Greek-English dictionary to find words from the Adobe Reader, and then use the WP Writing Tools dictionaries to find any words I didn't find at the Freelang dictionary. After finishing, I click the X of the WP writing tools to close them, and then the X at the top right of the window to close WP. When I do this, Freeland also closes simultaneously, while normally I'd have to click the X of its Search words window and then the X of its main window. It has been happening almost regularly for about a week now. Weird. I did not think there was any way to close 2 different programs simultaneously in Windows anyway, unless of course you turn off the computer, but obviously it can happen. It's more of an annoyance, since after closing WP I would also close Freelang, but it's not right and I am worrying that something is wrong with my computer. BTW, Freelang has an Automatic Clipboard search feature, so when I copy a word within the Adobe Reader, Freelang automatically finds the word. Sometimes also Windows brings the Freelang window on top, but usually that does not happen. Eustace -- It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation http://www.geocities.com/itaintme_babe/itaintme.html
Guest Ayush Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. [Eustace] wrote-: >>> (1) When I click at a local html file I get an alert like: >>> >>> Windows cannot find 'C:\my files\webpage.html'. >> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=611435 > Thanks! Clearing the DDE Message did the trick. -Eustace You're welcome! Ayush. -- XP-Tips [schedule a weekly defragmentation] : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/defrag.mspx
Guest Eustace Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Opening html file etc. On 2007-07-14 15:12 Eustace wrote: > On 2007-07-13 17:23 PA Bear wrote: > >> A1. Is IE7 installed? > > Yes. The issue seems somehow to be connected with the Adobe Reader 8.1 > update. The other reply helped me solve it. > >> A2. What programs, fer instance? > > I use Adobe Reader 8.1, WordPerfect 12, and the Freelang Dictionary > 3.7.1 (http://www.freelang.net) together on a daily basis. What I do is > use the Greek-English dictionary to find words from the Adobe Reader, > and then use the WP Writing Tools dictionaries to find any words I > didn't find at the Freelang dictionary. After finishing, I click the X > of the WP writing tools to close them, and then the X at the top right > of the window to close WP. When I do this, Freeland also closes > simultaneously, while normally I'd have to click the X of its Search > words window and then the X of its main window. It has been happening > almost regularly for about a week now. Weird. I did not think there was > any way to close 2 different programs simultaneously in Windows anyway, > unless of course you turn off the computer, but obviously it can happen. > > It's more of an annoyance, since after closing WP I would also close > Freelang, but it's not right and I am worrying that something is wrong > with my computer. > > BTW, Freelang has an Automatic Clipboard search feature, so when I copy > a word within the Adobe Reader, Freelang automatically finds the word. > Sometimes also Windows brings the Freelang window on top, but usually > that does not happen. > > Eustace Is there any way to have Windows make a log to see what's going on? This peculiar behavior is more or less reproducible if I follow the same sequence of actions, though not in every case. -Eustace
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