Friday 7 January 2011

gray screen, blank screen after mIRC execution; how to reset mIRC application

Problem: after connection of mirc with server... gray screen, blank screen; you can't see anything, even the task bar.

Reason: possibly you downloaded and applied script or application that changed the settings of mirc in order to do not work! this is like virus or spyware attack


Solution:
0. to get out og the gray screen, just press alt-ctrl-del, select task manager, go to processes tab. select the mirc.exe process, press "end process" and yes to the next dialog. (there is no other way to unblock the mirc).
1. log on windows with windows user account that uses the mirc
2. open your "roaming" folder. Press start and on "search" field type: %appdata% and press enter, the roaming folder will be opened. otherwise go manually to C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming where <user name> is name of the windows user.
3. Delete the "mirc" folder; if you want to keep the conversation history, downloads and other files of you previous use, compress somewhere the entire "mirc" folder and its subfolders and be sure to delete (at last) the mirc folder.

there is no need to delete something from registry

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