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Hi,  
  
I followed Norton Antivius' instruction to rid Trojan.Vundo.  It said I had  
  
to remove the following registry key:  
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\  
  
Since I had a doubt, I simply changed the key's name from Explorer to  
  
Explorer__.  Then my start->programs where I run applications became empty.  
  
I tried to change Explorer__ back to Explorer.  But regedit always said  
  
Explorer has been existent, even after I delete Explorer first.  Is there a  
  
way to recover my old Explorer?  Or, can I copy/paste subkeys from  
  
Explorer__  to Explorer?  But I didn't find the paste command in regedit.  
  
Please help me out.  I'm kind of stuck.  I should have backed up the  
  
registry first.  Any help is appreciated.  
  
Tony

Run regedit, navigate to  
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer_  
  
then File|Export and save the key, then open the *.reg file with notepad.exe  
  
and edit all instances of "Explorer_" to "Explorer", then merge the file  
  
back into the registry.  
  
Always do make a backup before editing the registry.  
  
Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD, then if you check  
  
the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be backed up to  
  
%windir%\repair\RegBack  
  
leaving the  
  
%windir%\repair\  
  
directory files intact as original installation.  
  
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Regards,  
  
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.  
  
Microsoft Certified Professional  
  
Microsoft MVP [Windows]  
  
http://www.microsoft.com/protect  
  
"Tony Young" wrote:  
  
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empty.  
  
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In addition to Dave's instructions, you should be aware that either you  
  
didn't read the Norton directions carefully, or Norton tech support has  
  
degenerated to a level of incompetence that I had not thought possible.  
  
Deleteing that entire key could not possibly make anything better.  If  
  
your system wasn't broken before you did that, it was bound to be broken  
  
afterward.  
  
Tony Young <jdt_young@yahoo.com> wrote:  
  
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Gary L. Smith  
  
Columbus, Ohio

Dave,  
  
I understand all you said except for "... merge the file back into the  
  
registry".  Did you mean to run regedit and then file/import the *.reg?  
  
Or should I notepad-edit the system's .reg file and paste my  
  
modification?  Then where is the system's .reg file?  Please advise.  
  
Thanks for your previous email.  It helps a lot and gives me some  
  
confidence the system can be recovered.  
  
Tony  
  
Dave Patrick wrote:

Double-click the REG file or right-click on it and choose 'Merge'  
  
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Regards,  
  
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.  
  
Microsoft Certified Professional  
  
Microsoft MVP [Windows]  
  
http://www.microsoft.com/protect  
  
"Tony Young" wrote: