I have a windows 98 computer that ran perfectly fine. Except for a couple problems is had that accumulated over it’s many years, it’s been a perfect computer.

In an attempt to clean it out and fix the problems, I downloaded the free windows registry cleaner, and ran it, it apparently deleted all my registry file because all the icons on my desktop changed to the nondescript windows symbol and open with "open with…" when I click a program on the menu, it either transforms all the icons on my desktop to that program, or in the case of an exe file, I try to select "program" it only says it cannot locate "C:\desktop\program, make sure the libraries are correct". There was an option in the registry cleaner program that could undo what it did, but with the inability to start the program or most any other program, I don’t want to restore them myself, something might go wrong.

my files and computer are important to me, and I’ll be on messenger for any willing help also. thanks all.