Thanks you so much, Touch! I fixed F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=Explorer.exe SSVICHOSST.exe, as you recommended. Everything works fine, no prompt for missing files either. Here is the latest HJT l ...

Only other thing I noticed is a prompt right after restart, it says svchhost.exe is missing. Other than that cmd, regedit and task manager all are working fine now. I really appreciate your help. ...

Thank you much, Touch!!! This is very helpful!! I followed your instructions exactly as you outlined. Just before I restarted, there was another prompt from mbam along with reboot prompt, that said ...

Dear all... help me please.. i have problem with opening regedit.exe, task manager and command prompt. It's will open about a second and then automatic close by itself. this is hijack's logs... ...