hello all im new...when i turn on my computer....

[ryu]

when i turn on my computer it reads " cannot find the file 'ad.exe'(or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." then i click ok it reads " could not load or run 'ad.exe' specified in the WIN.INI file. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the WIN.INI file." .....what am i supposed to do?

oh yeah by the way if its gonna help iv got a hewlett packard pavilion 6330...

[This message has been edited by ryu (edited 01-25-2000).]

[alpha]

Will the system actually start and work normally and just displays this message?

[ryu]

yeah yeah it does...i can run it with out pushing ok but all the icons and stuff on the bar thing with the start botton doesnt come up...if i do push ok it takes like 20 seconds and everything is back to normal

[Banti]

Have you deleted anything rescently. Possibly throw away instead of uninstalled??

Banti

[Wiz]

go to your win.ini file in your windows directroy. copy it and call your new copy, win.bak. Then, go back into your win.ini file and find the line that has ad.exe in it, just delete that line. DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING ELSE.

if you do mess something up, use a boot disk to restart your computer in DOS mode and copy your back up of win to the win.ini

[Axel]

ryu - as we aren't sure exactly how new you are to all of this, here are a few more details -

You can open & edit the win.ini file with a program called <notepad.exe> which is in your c:\windows folder on your hard drive.
Or, even simpler - <start> <run> "sysedit" <enter> - this will open you up to an edit window. -

I'd suggest using notepad for a few reasons listed below. Sysedit won't let you do some of them.

Before you make any changes, as WIZ suggests, you can make a back-up from notepad of the file by doing a <file> <save-as> and calling the file "win.bak". Then make your changes to the file - then do a <file> <save-as> "win.ini" - when it asks you if you want to replace the file that already is called win.ini, say yes.

To find all of the references to your problem file within "win.ini", use the search tool at the top to locate each instance of "ab.exe" in the file. Don't assume there is only one entry. You may have to pick apart lines in the file to make this work.