I am constantly getting the error message 

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the 
appropriate permissions to access the item."

when I try to access nearly anything from the start menu or the My computer folder. 
On the desktop and some folders when I click nothing happens. The only thing working 
are some of my audio files. 

I have tried booting to the dos prompt to fix the registry with the  scanreg /fix 
command but that did not seem to help the problem. Since I can't even get regedit 
to work (keeps asking me what file to open it with) I do not know what to do and 
I could use some help. Thanks

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