Re: Windows forgot what .lnk and .exe are?

[Guest BarrYBlasT]

Re: Windows forgot what .lnk and .exe are?

 

I downloaded this zip file, and regedit is disabled by administrator.

I have tried enabling regedit via Start>Run>HKEY...etc

This does not work! I can't run any programs by clicking it, only by right

click>run as>uncheck the option> and press ok.

If anyone has a better solution or knows how to fix this problem,

please reply A.S.A.P.!

Thank You.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Don't know the cause, but it's a common problem.

>

> Windows® XP File Association Fixes

> Copyright 2003 - Doug Knox

> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

>

> The files listed here are all ZIP files, which contain a REG (Registry)

> file. Download the ZIP and open it. Extract the REG file to your hard disk

> and double click it. Answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be

> viewed in Notepad. Each of the REG files contains the default settings for

> the file extension indicated. For the ZIP file fix, the download is a REG

> file, since ZIP's aren't working anyway!

>

> EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)

>

> LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior)

>

> --

> Hope this helps. Let us know.

>

> Wes

> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

>

> In news:78B18757-3173-4178-9D28-7F8A801C995F@microsoft.com,

> Brian Hoyt <hoyty@hoyty.com> hunted and pecked:

> > Recently I deployed some new tablet based machines. We use sysprep

> > to roll out images onto them. A handful have come in with a problem

> > where Windows no longer knows what .lnk and .exe files are. This

> > happens in all profiles. When a user logs in all shortcuts have place

> > holder graphics and cannot execute. If you go to a file via explorer

> > it lists .exe files as EXE Files rather than applications. If you

> > double click either a shortcut or exe the open unkown file type

> > wizard comes up asking what program to open them with. Since not all

> > machines are having this problem I don't believe it is the image.

> > Any suggestions on cause?

>

>

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Windows forgot what .lnk and .exe are?

 

Re: Windows forgot what .lnk and .exe are?

 

BarrYBlasT wrote:

> I downloaded this zip file, and regedit is disabled by administrator.

> I have tried enabling regedit via Start>Run>HKEY...etc

> This does not work! I can't run any programs by clicking it, only by right

> click>run as, uncheck the option, and press OK.

> If anyone has a better solution or knows how to fix this problem,

> please reply A.S.A.P.!

> Thank You.

 

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