"executable has stopped working"

Alex

My Window Vista games have stopped working. Most wont even open, however,
Solitaire does open, but always freezes and stops whenever i attempt to do
the same move. The message that comes up usually mentions the executable has
stopped working. This also happens when i try to open and "preview" pictures
in my documents. I have also noticed that the colour scheme i have saved
previously now refreshes back to the basic one everytime i turn on my laptop.
I feel as though i have deleted some important file! I'm using Vista Home
Basic. Any suggestions?

.Joe

Alex;635254 Wrote:
> My Window Vista games have stopped working. Most wont even open,
> however,
> Solitaire does open, but always freezes and stops whenever i attempt to
> do
> the same move. The message that comes up usually mentions the
> executable has
> stopped working. This also happens when i try to open and "preview"
> pictures
> in my documents. I have also noticed that the colour scheme i have
> saved
> previously now refreshes back to the basic one everytime i turn on my
> laptop.
> I feel as though i have deleted some important file! I'm using Vista
> Home
> Basic. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the forums!

There are a couple of things that I'd suggest trying:

1. Do a system restore to a point before this started happening.

2. If system restore doesn't fix the issue, try doing a system repair
using the Vista DVD. That should fix any problems with the system files.

Let us know if that worked for you.


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.Joe

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Bob

Which AV program are you running?

"Alex" <Alex @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:...
> My Window Vista games have stopped working. Most wont even open, however,
> Solitaire does open, but always freezes and stops whenever i attempt to do
> the same move. The message that comes up usually mentions the executable
> has
> stopped working. This also happens when i try to open and "preview"
> pictures
> in my documents. I have also noticed that the colour scheme i have saved
> previously now refreshes back to the basic one everytime i turn on my
> laptop.
> I feel as though i have deleted some important file! I'm using Vista Home
> Basic. Any suggestions?