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November 2nd, 2002
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All exe files open in the same program problem
how i did it was that i had uninstalled a program but the shotcut was still in my start menu. After i reinstalled the program, the shortcut was still not working, so i right clicked it, went into properties, and clicked the change button beside "opens with:". whatever program i change it to opens up whenever i open up and exe file. system restore is an exe file please help thanks |
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November 2nd, 2002
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huh?????? i dont get it....
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November 2nd, 2002
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Hi Toothpyx
welcome to XP-erience not to sure if this is gonna work worth a try open my computer / Tools / Folder Options / file types. scroll down to the programs icon (the one that caused the problem) highlight & click advanced look through the options see if theres a way to undo it 
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November 2nd, 2002
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well thanks anyways
it doesn't solve my problem though b/c there isn't an exe icon there |
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if cant find a solution it may be worth doing a repair install
boot from the CD Enter - to begin setup F8 - I agree R - repair install
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November 2nd, 2002
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Are you really sure you changed the behaviour of exe-files? Since you still have a startmenu and can look into folderoptions at least explorer.exe is still working. Maybe you only changed the associations of shortcuts (link-files). Can you open any programs if you directly doubleclick them in the program files folder or by typing the name in the run-dialogue? (Press Win-key and r to open it.)
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November 2nd, 2002
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yup i changed the behaviour of exe-files
double clicking exe files open the same program as for doing repair i can't begin setup because it is an exe file |
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November 2nd, 2002
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the best solution to every problem:
format C:\ |
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November 2nd, 2002
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Did you try the run-dialogue? Press Windows-key+R and type notepad or winword or something and click OK. The way you described what you have done I cannot see how you could have changed the behaviour of exe-files from the startmenu. There are programfolders and links in it, no exe. Perhaps you could describe once more what exactly you have done. Seems I don't have an "open with" option in the properties of either shortcuts nor applications. Other questions what options do you get if you rightclick an exe-file, which program opens and are you on another computer now or how do you open your browser?
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if you boot from the cd your installed XP is bypassed & has no effect on booting from the cd it will work 
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November 3rd, 2002
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Are you talking about exe files or the shortcuts to the exe files? If it is the shorcuts try making new one & see if that does it. If so you will possibly have to do it to the entire start menu. Find an exe in windows explorer/program files, right click on it & create a shorcut from there.
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November 3rd, 2002
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I did something like that along time ago
 ....I went and told windows to always open (can't remember the program) ? with netscape. And then nothing would work!! all my programs would try to launch in netscape. Unfortunatly me and my bud couldn't find a solution. But I would try to right click on any program and try to fool it into opening w/ something else!
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November 3rd, 2002
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I got a virus once that did this to me it really sucked. I think the virus was called bleblah or something like that. I had to reinstall to get the file assosiation put back.
Try running this http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/security/fix_blebla.com It it Trend Micro fix for Bleblah, part of the fix is reseting .exe file associations. |
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