DOn't know how to explain this in words...

[mujtabs]

When i click on my [C:] drive it says "Windows cannot find setup.exe.
This program is needed for opening files of type 'File'

Also my [E:] and [F:] drives don't read disks.

[YODA74]

couple of possable solutions

what happens if you right click on drive C is there an "AUTOPLAY" option there? if so it may have been left there by some program you no longer have? find Autorun.inf in the root directory of the hard disk..change the name..

#2
Try using Windows Explorer ( Start button then Programs) to see if you have an .ini file on the C drive. If you move that off root,hopefully, you will be able to get back to using My Computer normally.


make sure you have a backup of the system before doing anything

[Budfred]

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Where are you trying to click on the C: drive? Please provide more info including your version of Windoze, what you were doing when the problem started, what you have done to try to fix it, and some details about your hardware.

Budfred

[Paul Komski]

You don't say which OS you are using.

A similar problem HERE (http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win98/Q_11980738.html) was resolved by installing Windows over itself.

[Sylvander]

I think you have a corrupted registry at the very least.
[Possibly by an unwanted program designed to create chaos.]

You could restore a good registry quite easily but the registry MUST match the file system
It is, therefore, essential that there was no change to the location of any files that have addresses in the registry pointing to them.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The safest thing to do is to Re-format [your C: drive] and re-store a backup taken before the problem was introduced.
That restores both the files AND the matching Registry.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you cannot do that, then:
1. Provided you are confident that no significant changes have been made to the files since the last usable backup was taken. [Backups are made automatically by Windows 98 at the first successful boot of each new day.]
2. Provided you have not booted successfully on five days since the problem was introduced. [The system keeps five backups only (the default number)]

Then you can go to a DOS command prompt and enter the command “scanreg /restore” and choose the latest backup which you think is problem free.
To get to a DOS prompt:
You could “Restart in MS-DOS Mode” at shut down, or
Use a Windows 98 Startup disk, or
go to the “Startup Menu” at startup and select “Command Prompt Only”.

If you restore a backup and that fails to work, then you know the problem is NOT related to your files or your registry or configuration settings [which are in files anyway].