Windows cannot find "(null)"

Published on June 3, 2005 By Jafo In Personal Computing

Lately, when dl clicking on a file...eg a jpg .... Paintshop Pro loads...but this error pops up. Then I dl click on the file again and it'll load.

This is using Explorer Plus....but Windows Explorer is the same.

I'm assuming I have a service stopped that cause the error....yet dl clicking on a doc file loads word just fine.

Any ideas?

Google didn't help as any refs to the error appear to be different issues or system-wide...

Comments (Page 7)

Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

No...mine will be 7.0 ....I've had it longer than that...

But the issue isn't with DI7...at least I don't think so....cos if I kill some processes currently running I get nav to do a scan ok.

Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

well...I guess I can dl the DI7 update then...and put the net hotfix back on...and take it from there...

China...I have an ancient 'acdsee' to browse images....and Powerdesk and Explorer Plus both have image viewers...no need to use PSP as well...

Sugaree

on Jul 02, 2005

my thoughts? Paul needs to get rid of all his pspbrwse stuff.
You need to stop talking like you know it all.

I'll stop drinking beer...

no, that'll never work.

yrag

on Jul 02, 2005

Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

So....I'll use the newer DI 7....and run the hotfix....and both NAV and DI7 will be fine.....but I'll have the associations with PSP all borked again...

yrag

on Jul 02, 2005

.....only if you're lucky....

Sugaree

on Jul 02, 2005

You borked it up....you have no one to blame but yourself

Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

twiddling thumbs while 7.03 downloads...but I haven't rebooted yet after the hotfix.

If I still open the NAV main window...and click on system scan....now...all that happens is 'nav32.exe' loads ...and does nothing...no associated daughter window, etc.

Click again...yet another process...still no scan...

yrag

on Jul 02, 2005

There is one other rather ugly prospect........you latched on to a virus or a trojan.....

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Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

oops...'navw32.exe'

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Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

already ran stinger....and if all else fails will boot into backup OS drive and scan this one from there...just in case nav itself is corrupted via trojan...

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yrag

on Jul 02, 2005

Check those 'Processes' real close. There's a reason the scan runs when you kill them.

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Jafo

on Jul 02, 2005

ok...hotfix back on...7.03 dl'd but not installed...and nav still borked...so it ain't the hotfix.

PSP loads with the image as expected tho...that's something....

Shall kill processes one at a time...and see which enables the scan to run...

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