Hi this is my first posting, Before anyone gets on my back saying this is not a major problem, I know but it is one of those annoying things in life. I have two ext in my registry they are 1x '.tif' and 1x'.tiff', i know what they are but i just can't get RID! I have run CCleaner for issues and deleted them with the program, but they still appear each time i run the program. I have tried to delete them in regedit, no joy, I have tried Dial-a-Fix still no joy I would appreciate if someone could come up with an alternative , even if it means downloading a program that uses these extensions and perhaps if i uninstal the program it may take the extensions with it! Please anyone Help!

Hello Jim and welcome to the forum

I can assure you no one will make fun of your problem. Are these extensions from pictures still on your computer?

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Hello Jim and welcome to the forum

I can assure you no one will make fun of your problem. Are these extensions from pictures still on your computer?
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Yes hazlenut, I have tried everything i know all i receive when trying to delete is 'cannot delete .tif/tiff:error while delting key'

Jim you can try this, it's a very safe to use and it's good to keep on your computer anyway.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

If you still have no joy you could try renaming the file to see if you can delete it then.
If not it may be an idea to post a log in case you have any malware.

Thank hazlenut for that little ditty but i have already tried to rename, move, delete, everything but nothing

So unlocker did not work.
Do you have full admin permission to delete the key in regedit?

I presume you have tried safe mode?
I know someone who turned off system restore, did a scan, and then turned restore back on to cure a problem like this as a virus was recreating it.
If you consider doing a log, here are some instuctions which may help you, post the log in the hjt log forum section.

http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=1720

Thanx Hazelnut, I've tried hijack before but didnot know how to use it, I will go to the drawing board and study the help files. Thanx again for your time and patience and help it's appreciated. lol Jimp

I put your hijackthis log here:
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showto...amp;#entry54303
The log looks ok but you should run the scan I posted just in case.

When you ran Dial a fix your sure you ran the right tool? Tools> Repair Permissions. You may want to try running ccleaner in safe mode as well.(probably wont help but worth a shot. Do not run dial a fix in safe mode though.)