REGEDIT program totally gone

I've no idea how this has happened but it seems Regedit has disappeared from
my computer entirely. I also noticed Notepad had disappeared a couple weeks
ago. Not sure what is causing this as neither my anti-virus program nor my
spyware program are detecting anything. Regardless, I really need to know
how to reinstall regedit.

quick info:

Windows Vista 64 SP1

On 17 Mar 2010, =?Utf-8?B?SXZlTG9zdEl0QWxs?=
<> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> I've no idea how this has happened but it seems Regedit has
> disappeared from my computer entirely. I also noticed Notepad had
> disappeared a couple weeks ago. Not sure what is causing this as
> neither my anti-virus program nor my spyware program are detecting
> anything. Regardless, I really need to know how to reinstall
> regedit.

How do you know they're gone?

Run sfc /scannow.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

"IveLostItAll" <> wrote in message
news77CE1A1-AD44-469D-9382-...
> I've no idea how this has happened but it seems Regedit has disappeared
> from
> my computer entirely. I also noticed Notepad had disappeared a couple
> weeks
> ago. Not sure what is causing this as neither my anti-virus program nor
> my
> spyware program are detecting anything. Regardless, I really need to know
> how to reinstall regedit.
>
> quick info:
>
> Windows Vista 64 SP1

On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:34:02 -0700, IveLostItAll
<> wrote:

> I've no idea how this has happened but it seems Regedit has disappeared from
> my computer entirely.


How do you know? How and where have you looked for it?


> I also noticed Notepad had disappeared a couple weeks
> ago.


Same questions as above: How do you know? How and where have you
looked for it?


> Not sure what is causing this as neither my anti-virus program nor my
> spyware program are detecting anything.


What anti-virus and anti-spyware programs do you run? Are they up to
date? If Regedit is truly gone, it's very likely that the problem was
caused by a malware infection.





> Regardless, I really need to know
> how to reinstall regedit.
>
> quick info:
>
> Windows Vista 64 SP1

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