Somehow.
While running midweek updates and light scans — Security Essentials, SpyBot, Malwarebytes in Safe Mode — I thought to check on flash cookies, while I was at it, using the Run Command, with:
dir /s * .sol
and
del /s /p * .sol
I used to do this regularly, like, once a week or so. Then, I got away from it. When, this time, I checked, there were HUNDREDS! of them. Before, there were only a half dozen or so, and I would manually address the, Delete
As I physically wore out the y key and the Enter key with glazed eyes, I knew there had to be a better way to rope them all (*.* ?) and hit just one key.
Got it done. Got out of Safe Mode, only to be greeted with a black desktop and the cursor. When I call up Start, I get no icons next to my frugal selections. Oh, and while in Safe Mode, when I selected Run Command again, it was not to be had.
System Restore worked, after a fashion. I ran it to get a time some hours earlier; it worked; but still a black desktop, cursor only…no gorgeous picture.
I’m running W7Pro [WinVer 6.1 (Build 7600)] by means of a full-install disc some months ago, on an Intel 3.00GHz dual-core with 80-gig Raptor, and an NVidia card.
What have I screwed up this time?
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Edited to add: all my Firefox bookmarks are gone, too. I had to get back to TR the hard way.
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Restarted. I have my icons back (Thunderbird, Firefox, Command Prompt, and WordPad). Still a black screen, though.
I’m going to bed.