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BoY4rMdAhOoD · Post by **BoY4rMdAhOoD** » Thu May 15, 2003 2:06 pm

OK...I just deleted winamp and I did a search on my comp to see if there was anything on my comp left over and I found this file called winampw so I deleted and now kazaa,windows media player and alot of others don't work I get this error "Windows cannot find winampw.exe This program is needed for opening files of type "Application"....one thing I tried to do was reinstall winamp and when it was done I got the same error!!!I need help!

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Thu May 15, 2003 2:43 pm

Well for one thing, there's no such file called WinampW.exe within a Winamp install. POSSIBLY the version 3, but I sure as hell won't use it.

Even if that file was still there, it should not affect other programs to that nature. WMP and Kazaa, and other programs should not be using any Winamp files. Winamp doesn't share files with other applications, system files or otherwise.

BoY4rMdAhOoD · Post by **BoY4rMdAhOoD** » Thu May 15, 2003 5:33 pm

Well I couldn't fix the problem so I just reformated...

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Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Thu May 15, 2003 6:30 pm

WinampW is a file put there by a virus (Optix Pro 10). It associates itself with EXE's so that it runs whenever you try to open the application. After deleting the file, you only would have needed to make a small change in the registry to fix it.

nybbles · Post by **nybbles** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:01 pm

oh that's gotta hurt, sorry man...

DAMN those virus writers, DAMN them to HELL!

Axilla · Post by **Axilla** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:29 am

Before my last reformat, my winamp used to be "winampa.exe" could that have been the same virus?

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Fri May 16, 2003 3:36 pm

No, winampa is part of winamp. It's the "Winamp Agent".

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