Urgent help !!! where is everything gone in my PC?

Question

I am stressing out !! I turned on my PC and after i logged in is nothing there, no shortcuts, no icons, no start button nothing. Switched on and off 20 times and nothing. I pressed CTR+ALT+del and the windows task manager comes up, nothing shows on applications, there are lots of processes running, i can see that the PC is on but cant do nothing as the screen is empty!! please some help and advice would be more than welcome!!

Answer 1

Boot into safemode, continously press f8 to get to safe mode, goto Start > run > type msconfig > click on start up > uncheck everything under startup apply then reboot.

Follow the instruction on the link below to clean your computer

10 easy step virus and spyware removal using free software

http://www.review-ninja.com/2008/08/10-e...

Answer 2

Try this. Switch on the PC and as soon as it starts to run, press 'DELETE' or 'F8' (it can be either) to get into 'Safe Mode'.  When in 'Safe Mode', click START>PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES>SYSTEM TOOLS>SYSTEM RESTORE. Select a date earlier than the date you started having problems and run the program. Hopefully this should resolve your problems. Good luck..

Answer 3

get the windows task manager again and under applications click on new task then type the following

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

Answer 4

I think that you have had a BAD and i mean BAD virus and you have lost all of your files. Try booting your pc from disk, reinstall windows and install AVG FREE EDITION (8.0) and you should be safe update every on avg and scan every month(set to fast scan if you are not using the pc)  the link to download it is here http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...

Answer 5

Its a problem with explorer.exe. To fix explorer do the following:

bring up task manager (ctrl+alt+del) file > new task> type in: regedit. Navigate to the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Software

Microsoft

Windows NT

Current Version

Winlogon

in the right pane double click on 'shell' replace the contents with explorer.exe (even if it already says explorer.exe replace it anyway) then reboot

Run an antivirus/antimalware program like malwarebytes to check for viruses/malware which is the usual cause

reply number 3: thats just a temporary fix, and will not solve the problem. reboot and explorer will be gone again

Answer 6

Boot from your windows disc and choose Recovery Console when the Welcome to Setup screen appears (Press R to Repair the installation using the Recovery Console.) (Not the repair option on the installation/setup options screen).

If you do not have a standard US keyboard setup, e.g.  You are in the UK with a UK setup, watch the grey strip at the bottom of the screen when the recovery console begins to load, which will ask you to press F5 (I think) and choose your keyboard language. If you don’t do this, your admin password, particularly if it contains non-alphanumerical characters may not be recognised. You will be taken to a black screen, which will ask which operating you wish to log in to. If you only have one, press ‘1’ and enter. If you have more than one, choose the operating system you wish log into and type in the appropriate number, followed by enter.

You will then be asked for the administrator password. If you do not have one press enter. If you do type it in and press enter.

You will be taken to a command prompt. Type in ‘chkdsk /r’ without the quotes. Note there is a space between the K and the forward slash. If you get the error message ‘Autochk.exe cannot be found’ or some other error in relation to a missing ‘autochk.exe’ file, then do the following at command prompt:

Type:CD C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

Now try the ‘CHKDSK /r’ command again.

This may take quite some time. It will check the disk and file system for errors and try to repair them.

You will get a report at the end telling you if errors were found and if they were fixed

If this doesn't do the trick, let me know.

Answer 7

Uh-Oh! Sounds like a heavy parasite or virus!

     Joshua M