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    Corrupt File

    Discussion in 'HP' started by StElmoQn, Apr 1, 2009.

  1. StElmoQn

    StElmoQn Notebook Enthusiast

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    My stupid ISP prompted me to download IE8 (I have a HP DV7t) and I uninstalled it very quickly after finding out how unstable it is. However, I think the uninstall corrupted IE7 but I'm hoping I can repair the problem, rather than do a reinstall.

    I ran a SFC and these appear to be the corrupted files:

    2009-04-01 07:18:32, Info CSI 00000567 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.ini" of Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
    2009-04-01 07:18:32, Info CSI 00000569 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"settings.ini" of Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar, Version = 6.0.6001.18000, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
    2009-04-01 07:18:32, Info CSI 0000056c [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:72{36}]"\??\C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar"\[l:24{12}]"settings.ini"; source file in store is also corrupted


    Appears that windows sidebar files are the problem, but I'm clueless when it comes to doing the repair as suggested by Microsoft in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

    Can anyone help me out???
     
    StElmoQn, Apr 1, 2009
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  2. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    So the problems comes from C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\settings.ini right?

    I say - just delete the file. I just did and nothing happened, my sidebar start with it's usual settings. I think this file contain the default sidebar config and once you customize it the file isn't used. Here is the content of my settings.ini:
    I don't have any of these gadgets installed ;)

    To delete settings.ini your sidebar will have to be closed and you'll have to take ownership of the file. The method from the link doesn't work for me, I did it using the security options(rightclick->properties->security). Oh, if you want to - make a backup of the file first.
     
    ATG, Apr 1, 2009
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