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In article <SHc7odAZDn54EwCR@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave
<Dungeon@SpamNot.Here> writes

>I don't suppose that this is an anti-virus scanning program, is it?

Pass - he wasn't even able to tell me which one he'd been using :-(

>If this is the case, try performing a find in the registry for this
>filename - the reg or hive key may give some clue to its purpose or
>origin.

How, please - I've never dabbled with a registry before.

>>His dealer told him to reinstall windows, loosing all his data - which
>>is not backed up :-(
>
>A reinstall of Windoze (over an existing version) 

It' snot simply a case of reinstalling Windows; he's got a Hewlet
Packard, with CD which will, apparently, return the machine to "as new"
condition.

>doesn't actually
>cause a loss of data, unless it attempts to create a "My
>Documents" folder and - finding one - overwrites everything with a
>blank folder.... does it? It should be possible to archive the data
>onto another disk or folder at least to have a backup.

Worth a try; thanks - he's also got mail, and addresses in OE (which
I've never used), how could these be preserved?
-- 
Andy Mabbett
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