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Ok, I just started up my laptop, logged in on my user account, and instead of starting up normally with the desktop background and start menu, it opens Windows Explorer to my user account folder right when I log in. I cannot see my taskbar, desktop, folders or anything! What happened!?

Did you happen to do any IP Configuration with your computer? Such as opening your routers ports to host halo games?

No, not at all. I started it about 2 hours ago just fine and I switch users and let my brother go onto his account and it just came to a blank screen. I restarted the computer and not both accounts have the issue.

uh...did you guys do anything important since the last restore point?

If so..just shut down your computer the wrong way...then start it up in safemode. then see what you may find. Then shut it down the right way, and start it normally.

Andrew_b wrote:uh...did you guys do anything important since the last restore point?

If so..just shut down your computer the wrong way...then start it up in safemode. then see what you may find. Then shut it down the right way, and start it normally.

Tried Safe Mode, nothing. Tried unplugging it while it was on, nothing. Tried restarting 3 times... nothing. Ok, this is getting annoying. I sure hope I don't have to restore my OS again.

Your brother sounds alot like my friend. He touched a library computer once and it died just by touching it.

Ask your bro what he did.

Andrew_b wrote:Your brother sounds alot like my friend. He touched a library computer once and it died just by touching it.

Ask your bro what he did.

He did nothing but merely log onto his account. He plays this game called World of Warcraft 7 hours a day, but I don't think that is causing this issue.

Eaton wrote:Ok, I just started up my laptop, logged in on my user account, and instead of starting up normally with the desktop background and start menu, it opens Windows Explorer to my user account folder right when I log in. I cannot see my taskbar, desktop, folders or anything! What happened!?

I do believe a that fake .CON resigner out there did that exact thing. I remember it doing that on restart.

Try click CTRL ALT DEL and adding a new process called

explorer.exe (or all caps if that doesn't work) maybe that will bring everything back.

Try TaskManager -> File -> Run -> explorer

iBotPeaches wrote:

Eaton wrote:Ok, I just started up my laptop, logged in on my user account, and instead of starting up normally with the desktop background and start menu, it opens Windows Explorer to my user account folder right when I log in. I cannot see my taskbar, desktop, folders or anything! What happened!?

I do believe a that fake .CON resigner out there did that exact thing. I remember it doing that on restart.

Try click CTRL ALT DEL and adding a new process called

explorer.exe (or all caps if that doesn't work) maybe that will bring everything back.

You are right!!!!!!!! That one I downloaded must be fake! Ok, I have my desktop back. How can I fix it so I never have this problem again? Virus scan?

Eaton wrote:

iBotPeaches wrote:

Eaton wrote:Ok, I just started up my laptop, logged in on my user account, and instead of starting up normally with the desktop background and start menu, it opens Windows Explorer to my user account folder right when I log in. I cannot see my taskbar, desktop, folders or anything! What happened!?

I do believe a that fake .CON resigner out there did that exact thing. I remember it doing that on restart.

Try click CTRL ALT DEL and adding a new process called

explorer.exe (or all caps if that doesn't work) maybe that will bring everything back.

You are right!!!!!!!! That one I downloaded must be fake! Ok, I have my desktop back. How can I fix it so I never have this problem again? Virus scan?

maybe not just downloading random files, and run them on a test machine before your own?

Well, this laptop has a really good anti-virus software and I really did not think anything could get through it. I'll be more careful from now on, but now to fix this issue... Is the problem fixed or will I have this problem when I restart again?

Try restarting and find out.
Also, www.virustotal.com

Tural wrote:Try restarting and find out.
Also, www.virustotal.com

Well, I deleted this "suppose" CON Resigner after it would not start. I started a scan so that should detect whatever got in. Wow. This is the first time a virus actually infected my PC...

I hope you are being sarcastic. If it was widely available, I think you know the rest.

Trying to change your start button? Make sure you type the right shell exe nexttime :\.

Cryticfarm wrote:Trying to change your start button? Make sure you type the right shell exe nexttime :\.

I'm pretty sure it was that virus that came out of that file.

Eaton wrote:

Cryticfarm wrote:Trying to change your start button? Make sure you type the right shell exe nexttime :\.

I'm pretty sure it was that virus that came out of that file.

Does it happen and you have to keep doing it everytime you start up?

*floats in his virus-free linux bubble*

hmmm... If all that's happening is a folder opens automatically, I don't think it's a virus. A setting might have been jostled the wrong way.

WaeV wrote:*floats in his virus-free linux bubble*

hmmm... If all that's happening is a folder opens automatically, I don't think it's a virus. A setting might have been jostled the wrong way.

What setting do you think?