Guest tbrinsonsr Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 I have some how eliminated the abiliyt to open most of the Microsoft programs such as Word , Access, Exxcel, & soforth. The Icons are there but when I click on them I get the message Windows cannot open this file. File: Windows Word.lnk To open this file Windows needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to look for it, or you can manually select from a list on your computer. Now I have tried every program on that list and none of them will work. I'm sure this is an easy fix for some one who is very computer savy however I know just enough to be dangerous. So if anyone can help I would really appreciate the input. Please post very detailed instructions.. Thank you
Guest Rey Santos Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 RE: .dll .exe .lnk files You are not suppose to open .dll files. These files are used by the operating system and by various programs. See this Microsoft Article for your problem: You cannot open files that have extensions such as .exe, .com, and .lnk on a Windows XP-based computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923077 -- Rey
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: .dll .exe .lnk files File association fixes: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "tbrinsonsr" <tbrinsonsr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E7A95145-6ECB-4B37-BC8F-993A09674A89@microsoft.com... I have some how eliminated the abiliyt to open most of the Microsoft programs such as Word , Access, Exxcel, & soforth. The Icons are there but when I click on them I get the message Windows cannot open this file. File: Windows Word.lnk To open this file Windows needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to look for it, or you can manually select from a list on your computer. Now I have tried every program on that list and none of them will work. I'm sure this is an easy fix for some one who is very computer savy however I know just enough to be dangerous. So if anyone can help I would really appreciate the input. Please post very detailed instructions.. Thank you
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