ICQ won't work on WIN2K

[Creatures]

Hi there,

when i want to start ICQ it says there's a mistake in ICQ.exe file??
what is the problem, is there a patch? ro how to get trillian to work like ICQ?

Creatures

ICQ version 2002 <--

[SPEEDO]

Is it version 2002A because that's what I'm running and it installed fine on my 2K machine.........

Try uninstalling it and reinstalling.

[Creatures]

tried it already but it doesn't work
i don't know what i'm doing wrong with my Win PCs

Creatures

yes it's 2002A

[SPEEDO]

Are you comfortable messin' around in the registry? You may need to do a search in there and get rid of some instances of it.

[Creatures]

no i hate the registry since my XP crashes all the time when i'm in the login window

Creatures

[Scott Tiger]

Try RegCleaner if you're going that route and haven't directly edited your registry before. It's an easy to use tool and you can restore what you delete if your machine reboots.

The URL is: http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

Hope that helps.

[Scott Tiger]

Oops..okay. Have you tried booting into safe mode and then running the system restore tool or sfc at teh command prompt?

[Daft_Ghosty]

I run win2k.. and no problems with icq.. when I do have it installed

[NeoStarO1]

I run ICQ with Win2kpro wihtout any problems.
I would unisntall the program
Then clean the registry of all instance of Maribillas (sp?) and Icq.
Then download fresh copy
Install it.

make sure your log on as access rights to be installing and running programs.

[Creatures]

ok first thanks for the program scott tiger

so i'm working now with Win2k i reinstalled ICQ four times and it doesn't work
and my XP problem is bigger as you think i cant start XP because Win2k made a boot loader and when i choose WinXP it searches win2k files (stupid Windows)
and if i could start XP i would come into the login and then the PC would crash after 10 seconds, there were some threads about my problem!

Creatures