Click Start, Run and enter COMMAND.COM
Enter ASSOC .EXE=EXEFILE
If that fails, see
www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes and download the EXE file association fix. If you cannot double click the REG file to import it, open a Windows Explorer window and go to Windows\System32. Locate REGEDIT.EXE and rename it to REGEDIT.COM. Double click the renamed REGEDIT and import the REG file, via the Registry, Import menu.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Littlejon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:2cece01c46a84$43c1d3e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I hope this is the proper forum for this question. I have
> a co-worker running XP who cannot get any program, control
> panel or even system restore to launch. Most error
> messages say the executable does not have a file
> associated with it, which they do. He knows he had a
> trojan & browser hijacker on his system that we were
> trying to remove. Even the AVG free edition executable I
> downloaded failed to launch. However, when I right-clicked
> and clicked on Run As.., & deselected the security feature
> to prevent unauthorized programs from launching, that
> executable launched fine.
>
> I am not as familiar with XP as I am 2000, so is there a
> security setting somehwere that is preventing these files
> from launching?
>
> Thanks!
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