Thursday, March 13, 2008

C:\Recycled\SVCHost.exe

This error haunts Windows users during each log on. In fact SVCHOST is an essential service running in windows. The message is caused normally by the residue string left by a Trojan sort of Malware which was cured or quarantined by an Anti Virus. To remove this nuisance message, a bit of registry editing is required.

For beginners-Go to Run in start menu and type 'regedit' then enter. You will get the windows registry opened. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and expand it. Now further expand it till you reach SOFTWARE > MICROSOFT > WINDOWS NT > CURRENT VERSION >EXPLORER > WINLOGON. Click on the WINLOGON key on the left pane and on the right pane you can see an entry named Shell. Double click on it and a box appears with the Value of the String. In the Value box you will see Explorer.exe C:\Recycled\Svchost.exe. Now carefully select the text starting from C:\Recycled\Svchost.exe and delete it. The value box should have only Explorer.exe. Press OK. Close the Registry Editor and restart your machine. That should solve the problem.
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7 comments:

  1. Thanks Alot this Advice worked 100% - Roomlizzard

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  2. its 100% foolproof.thanx a lot

    maya vignesh

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