Lord Eden... I'm ashamed that I didn't do that before calling for help.
Last week I had to deal with a similar infestation, but all that one did was disassociate all of the .exe files. Not being able to see any of the programs at all threw me for a loop, and I had enough other bs on my plate that I didn't think things through. I'll attack the beast again... but likely not until Monday. Let you know how things work out.
Dave... you may be right, but I won't go there until forced into it.
Thanks for the input!