help opening programs

[Guest jenna1973]

all my programs will not open on my computer asking what to open with ..

even my control panel .. does anyone know how I can fix it so programs will

open again by them selves?

[Guest Mart]

Re: help opening programs

 

Presumably you mean they won't open when you double-click on their

associated file types. If so, sounds like you've lost (all?) your

associations. However, the main question you need to ask is Why?

 

You might have unwelcome malware (virus, trojan, spyware, etc.,) and should

urgently run a current antivirus utility, etc. Once you have confirmed all

is 'clean' then consider :-

 

How recent? If within the past 5 days or so, try running scanreg /restore

and select the last known 'Good' date (if still available) and proceed with

screen prompts. Otherwise you've got the laborious task of re-associating

each one in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | File Types

 

Mart

 

 

"jenna1973" <jenna1973@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> all my programs will not open on my computer asking what to open with

> ..

> even my control panel .. does anyone know how I can fix it so programs

> will

> open again by them selves?

[Guest Ingeborg]

Re: help opening programs

 

=?Utf-8?B?amVubmExOTcz?= wrote:

> all my programs will not open on my computer asking what to open

> with .. even my control panel .. does anyone know how I can fix it so

> programs will open again by them selves?

>

 

A long shot: Download

<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/UnHookExec.inf>

put it on the computer, rightclick on it and choose 'Install'.

 

This will restore the standard registry linkage for execuatables.

 

If this helps, you should scan your system for virusses.

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: help opening programs

 

"jenna1973" <jenna1973@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1B253D2E-6682-46C2-AADB-7B61E43E1B38@microsoft.com...

> all my programs will not open on my computer asking what to open with

...

> even my control panel .. does anyone know how I can fix it so programs

will

> open again by them selves?

 

Quick fix to check:

Boot Safe Mode and open WIN.INI

A couple of early lines probably read

load=

or

run=

 

These two lines should usually be blank

(as above = equals nothing.) Some malware

writes into them

run=BADFILE.EXE

or something similar

 

Write down the name of any file you see

written here, then backspace over it to remove

it. Save file and reboot. If you formerly had

this indicator of malware, your PC may now boot OK.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)