[omghelp]

When I reboot the pc it has many popups that say missing shortcut error.
some of these are:
meroz5.ink
01bunyeu.ink
dnxv34uz.ink

I looked this up, they are some kinda graphics file. I also found them in startup folder. So I deleted them, and when I reboot they are back.

Also when I hit control alt delete....they are in my task manager running?

I have Win ME, plz help if this is familiar problem!

 

[LONGHAIR]

The are CorelDRAW files. Do you have Corel DRAW in your start-up?

 

[omghelp]

i dont see a program called corel draw no
in the startup folder either.

 

[omghelp]

i just want them gone!

 

[omghelp]

i tried reinstalling windows with no success.

 

[LONGHAIR]

If you don't have CorelDRAW I am at a loss. That was the only reference I could find to .ink files.

 

[omghelp]

there is a program called MS Picture it 2000, And inside it there is an option to choose pictures and Corel draw is in the list, but not on the pc.
My mother had this pc and I think maybe she deleted Corel Draw, is this possible?

 

[LONGHAIR]

I would think that is possible. It doesn't really explain the fact that you can't delete them though? If the program is gone, what would recreate them?

How are you trying to delete them?

 

[omghelp]

well i cant find them anywhere else but in startup, so i remove them to recycle bin and delete. But they come back. Did I mention they are in task manager as if they were a running application? as well as other things i dont recognize like atiupdate5, winoldap, sysalert, loader, starter and many many of these ink files that are in startup.

 

[omghelp]

i think ati is for video and the desktop background she has is looking funny, blurry. but that is another problem i guess.

 

[LONGHAIR]

I would try doing a search of the C drive for the files, instead of doing it from the start-up folder. That is probably why they are coming back.

 

[omghelp]

i did a search for these on c and found the actual app file. in C/windows, so i deleted them, but some that i searched for did not have an application file just 2 shortcuts.

 

[LONGHAIR]

Did you reboot after? did they come back?

 

[omghelp]

now i am getting this lovely blue screen, fatal exception.

 

[omghelp]

yes i rebooted and i dont see them no.....but there are still 10 or so that come up

 

[omghelp]

as well as 2 windows....one says update and another ontop of it says status, but nothing in the window just the header.

 

[LONGHAIR]

What are the ones that are left?

 

[omghelp]

WGEWNA63
T2D3G05V
E79L74LK
MORZE5
OVEDKM3Z....some of these are listed twice and at startup they have .ink for extension.

 

[omghelp]

that was just a few....there are 20 or more.

 

[LONGHAIR]

This seems a lot deeper than I originally thought.

These files (listed now) don't show when you "search"?
They are only in the start-up folder?