regedit.exe - Application Error (0xc0000005)

Viruses and worms
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Hi all.

I try to open/run/execute regedit.exe, under Windows XP Home SP2, with all the updates as of Sept 15 2006.
Wherever I move a copy of this file, when I try to run it I get the following error-window:

regedit.exe - Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.

If I change the name of the file to *.exe (for example regedit’.exe) it runs, also if I change the extension to .com, I get regedit.com which also runs OK.

I ran countless malware cleaning tools, and my systems comes clean. I ran sysfilecheck. I googled this problem, and I can’t find something quite like it. Whatever fix I found close to my problem, didn’t work for me.
My registry doesn’t have the nasty key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RPCKDM] which causes Internet Explorer to bring the same error, (0xc0000005).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Where do you think I should also post this question, like to the avast team, other antivirus companies, microsoft etc?

Thank you,
Adrian

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Hi agoc,

This has to do with an error in Sound Blaster driver. There is a problem there, re-install the corrupt driver.

polonus

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Polonous, this is one of three identical posts, I thing the one in the General forums is where we should play. http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23589.msg194337#msg194337

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Thank you both,

Polonus for your help and DavidR for trying to keep this place neat and orderly.
I appologize for posting three times.
I’ll answer in the General Forum.

Now the house-cleaning-freak wife is calling me to “duty”, I hate to interrupt this, I hope to get back to it soon…

Merry Friday Night to you all,
Adrian