Guest jenna1973 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 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 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 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 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?
Guest Ingeborg Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 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 Posted December 12, 2007 Posted December 12, 2007 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)
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