Thanks! while this is it, my McAfee already quarantined over 2000 files, and this procedure does not work for me. However, I can get into the registry via the file I copied onto the desktop. I still can't get the Registry or the DOS window to come up normally. It keeps giving me that error code re 16-bit subsystem. And I cannot find my system32 folder in the Windows folder. System Restore is not an option as I do not have restore points back to early June anymore. Any other ideas? Should I repost this to another area?