windows cannot open .exe

after my pc being infected with the w32.hllw.flor and
cleaning it with norton anti virus,my pc now displays the
message 'windows cannot open . exe ' and that it's
necessary to edit the regestry,we all know how messy that
can become,so i would like y'all to give me some ideas of
where to start to get rid of this anoying error

thank you

A couple of things to try;

Restore the registry from a recent backup.

or

Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View and uncheck the box for "Hide extensions
for known file types" then copy regedit.exe as regedit.com Then create these
*.reg files and import;

-------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"
------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]
"Extended"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\View Dependencies]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\View Dependencies\command]
@="G:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~3\\Common\\Tools\\DEPENDS.EXE /dde"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\View Dependencies\ddeexec]
@="[open(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]
@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"
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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"easy-E" wrote:
> after my pc being infected with the w32.hllw.flor and
> cleaning it with norton anti virus,my pc now displays the
> message 'windows cannot open . exe ' and that it's
> necessary to edit the regestry,we all know how messy that
> can become,so i would like y'all to give me some ideas of
> where to start to get rid of this anoying error
>
> thank you