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Anonymous User
Oct 22, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Oct 22, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Hello,
This is caused due to Rogue software called windows recovery tool.
The infection hides the files .Most of the time it hides the desktop,startmenu ,quick launch icons in a folder called SMTMP which is located in %temp% folder.
Desktop is blank:
Check and make sure that the "Hide desktop icons" is not checked when right clicking on desktop then View
or
Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Remove the following values
NoDesktop
Restart the PC,you should get back your desktop icons or alteast you can see some of them.
Next step is to
Run malwarebytes and clean the PC ,reboot and then try to unhide files.
by using unhide.exe or Running this command as administrator
attrib -h c:\*.* /s /d
This will unhide your files but doesnot recover your lost ICONS.
If you are lucky and not cleared your %temp% folder ,you can
RECOVER YOUR START MENU AND DESKTOP ICONS FROM SMTMP folder
Windows XP
1. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\1
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
2. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\2
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.
4. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\4
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop.
OPTION 2 :Recover your icons
YOU CAN USE RECUVA SOFTWARE TO RECOVER THE ICONS IF SMTMP FOLDER IS NOT PRESENT
1. Download Recuva
2. Click Cancel on the wizard.
3. Click on Options... >> Actions Tab. Check "Restore folder structure."
4. Run a regular scan on the system drive.
5. When complete, use the search box in the upper right to filter "smtmp" and restore
Good Luck!
This is caused due to Rogue software called windows recovery tool.
The infection hides the files .Most of the time it hides the desktop,startmenu ,quick launch icons in a folder called SMTMP which is located in %temp% folder.
Desktop is blank:
Check and make sure that the "Hide desktop icons" is not checked when right clicking on desktop then View
or
Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Remove the following values
NoDesktop
Restart the PC,you should get back your desktop icons or alteast you can see some of them.
Next step is to
Run malwarebytes and clean the PC ,reboot and then try to unhide files.
by using unhide.exe or Running this command as administrator
attrib -h c:\*.* /s /d
This will unhide your files but doesnot recover your lost ICONS.
If you are lucky and not cleared your %temp% folder ,you can
RECOVER YOUR START MENU AND DESKTOP ICONS FROM SMTMP folder
Windows XP
1. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\1
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
2. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\2
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.
4. Copy the entire content of this folder:
c:\users\username\appdata\local\temp\smtmp\4
and paste it to this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop.
OPTION 2 :Recover your icons
YOU CAN USE RECUVA SOFTWARE TO RECOVER THE ICONS IF SMTMP FOLDER IS NOT PRESENT
1. Download Recuva
2. Click Cancel on the wizard.
3. Click on Options... >> Actions Tab. Check "Restore folder structure."
4. Run a regular scan on the system drive.
5. When complete, use the search box in the upper right to filter "smtmp" and restore
Good Luck!
