All programs try to use Excel to open

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Can you help, I use windows xp and have installed service pack 2 weeks ago
with no problem. Today all programs that I try to open from my desktop try to
use excel to open and of course fail. How to I change this? Any clues? I can
get to internet explorer anr outlook express from the start page but nothing
else. Please help

John
 
Hi John,

Go to www.dougknox.com and click on WinXP Fixes. Go to file association
fixes, grab the .lnk (shortcut) fix.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi Rick,

No luck with fix. i think the cause was a program called medload.exe (origin
unknown). I click on open with Excel and now everything tries to use Excel. I
can get programs to work by right click on the exe file and then click on run
as, which shows my user account, then click Ok.
Since trying the fix I have got a couple of Registry error messages.
Everything seems to work except using the shortcuts, very frustrating.

Regards

John
 
Hi John,

Doug has an .exe file extension repair on that site as well, try using it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi Rick,

Tried the exe fix, no luck. I get a message explorer.exe is being used, read
only, try again later. All exe file try to use Excel, cannot access anything
in Control Panel, so cannot add / remove programs. All programs still work,
access by right click on icon then use Run as.

Very slow process

Regards


John
 
Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of each into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John
 
Hi,

Nothing wrong with that, can your repeat for this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk (period - LNK)

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of each
into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Rick,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Nothing wrong with that, can your repeat for this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk (period - LNK)

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of each
into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

Tried the exe fix, no luck. I get a message explorer.exe is being used,
read
only, try again later. All exe file try to use Excel, cannot access
anything
in Control Panel, so cannot add / remove programs. All programs still
work,
access by right click on icon then use Run as.

Very slow process

Regards


John

:

Hi John,

Doug has an .exe file extension repair on that site as well, try using
it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

No luck with fix. i think the cause was a program called medload.exe
(origin
unknown). I click on open with Excel and now everything tries to use
Excel. I
can get programs to work by right click on the exe file and then
click
on
run
as, which shows my user account, then click Ok.
Since trying the fix I have got a couple of Registry error messages.
Everything seems to work except using the shortcuts, very
frustrating.

Regards

John

:

Hi John,

Go to www.dougknox.com and click on WinXP Fixes. Go to file
association
fixes, grab the .lnk (shortcut) fix.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can you help, I use windows xp and have installed service pack 2
weeks
ago
with no problem. Today all programs that I try to open from my
desktop
try
to
use excel to open and of course fail. How to I change this? Any
clues?
I
can
get to internet explorer anr outlook express from the start page
but
nothing
else. Please help

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi John,

Nothing wrong with that either. This is just a thought, but open Excel,
click tools/options and on the general tab there is an option to "ignore
other applications". If this is disabled, try enabling it.

I am curious as to why you are able to start IE/OE without a problem, but
not other applications. I am also wondering how recent this problem was in
that you may be able to use System Restore to get back to the point before
all this began.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Nothing wrong with that, can your repeat for this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk (period - LNK)

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John

:

Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of each
into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

Tried the exe fix, no luck. I get a message explorer.exe is being
used,
read
only, try again later. All exe file try to use Excel, cannot access
anything
in Control Panel, so cannot add / remove programs. All programs
still
work,
access by right click on icon then use Run as.

Very slow process

Regards


John

:

Hi John,

Doug has an .exe file extension repair on that site as well, try
using
it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

No luck with fix. i think the cause was a program called
medload.exe
(origin
unknown). I click on open with Excel and now everything tries to
use
Excel. I
can get programs to work by right click on the exe file and then
click
on
run
as, which shows my user account, then click Ok.
Since trying the fix I have got a couple of Registry error
messages.
Everything seems to work except using the shortcuts, very
frustrating.

Regards

John

:

Hi John,

Go to www.dougknox.com and click on WinXP Fixes. Go to file
association
fixes, grab the .lnk (shortcut) fix.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can you help, I use windows xp and have installed service pack
2
weeks
ago
with no problem. Today all programs that I try to open from my
desktop
try
to
use excel to open and of course fail. How to I change this?
Any
clues?
I
can
get to internet explorer anr outlook express from the start
page
but
nothing
else. Please help

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Rick,

Tried the Excel options but no luck. When I made the change and rebooted I
had about 20 windows open at start up in excel, but still had the problem.
I believe the problem started over a week ago when I was trying to get rid
of what I thought was spyware. I found a program medload.exe in Windows and
renamed it to Dumb, then I right clicked and got the option "open with" I
then clicked Excel and here I am. Don't know what is involved in system
restore but am contemplating reformatting and starting again. As I have said
I cannot access add/remove programs or control panel options.
I have been able to access individual files and change "open with" to use
the correct programs but the problem remains at a program level.

IE and OE seem to be at a higher level than my problem.
Further suggestions would be much appreciated.

Regards

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi John,

Nothing wrong with that either. This is just a thought, but open Excel,
click tools/options and on the general tab there is an option to "ignore
other applications". If this is disabled, try enabling it.

I am curious as to why you are able to start IE/OE without a problem, but
not other applications. I am also wondering how recent this problem was in
that you may be able to use System Restore to get back to the point before
all this began.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Nothing wrong with that, can your repeat for this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk (period - LNK)

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John

:

Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of each
into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

Tried the exe fix, no luck. I get a message explorer.exe is being
used,
read
only, try again later. All exe file try to use Excel, cannot access
anything
in Control Panel, so cannot add / remove programs. All programs
still
work,
access by right click on icon then use Run as.

Very slow process

Regards


John

:

Hi John,

Doug has an .exe file extension repair on that site as well, try
using
it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

No luck with fix. i think the cause was a program called
medload.exe
(origin
unknown). I click on open with Excel and now everything tries to
use
Excel. I
can get programs to work by right click on the exe file and then
click
on
run
as, which shows my user account, then click Ok.
Since trying the fix I have got a couple of Registry error
messages.
Everything seems to work except using the shortcuts, very
frustrating.

Regards

John

:

Hi John,

Go to www.dougknox.com and click on WinXP Fixes. Go to file
association
fixes, grab the .lnk (shortcut) fix.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can you help, I use windows xp and have installed service pack
2
weeks
ago
with no problem. Today all programs that I try to open from my
desktop
try
to
use excel to open and of course fail. How to I change this?
Any
clues?
I
can
get to internet explorer anr outlook express from the start
page
but
nothing
else. Please help

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi JJJ,

Download and run these programs in Safe mode:

Adaware www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

How to start in Safe mode:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Safe mode

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

Tried the Excel options but no luck. When I made the change and rebooted I
had about 20 windows open at start up in excel, but still had the problem.
I believe the problem started over a week ago when I was trying to get rid
of what I thought was spyware. I found a program medload.exe in Windows
and
renamed it to Dumb, then I right clicked and got the option "open with" I
then clicked Excel and here I am. Don't know what is involved in system
restore but am contemplating reformatting and starting again. As I have
said
I cannot access add/remove programs or control panel options.
I have been able to access individual files and change "open with" to use
the correct programs but the problem remains at a program level.

IE and OE seem to be at a higher level than my problem.
Further suggestions would be much appreciated.

Regards

John

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi John,

Nothing wrong with that either. This is just a thought, but open Excel,
click tools/options and on the general tab there is an option to "ignore
other applications". If this is disabled, try enabling it.

I am curious as to why you are able to start IE/OE without a problem, but
not other applications. I am also wondering how recent this problem was
in
that you may be able to use System Restore to get back to the point
before
all this began.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

JJJ said:
Hi Rick,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

John

:

Hi,

Nothing wrong with that, can your repeat for this key?

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk (period - LNK)

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

As requested,

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

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

Hope this means something to you.

Regards

John

:

Hi,

Start/run regedit, export these two keys to the desktop:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe (this is period - exe)

Then right click each and select edit. Copy/paste the contents of
each
into
a reply.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

Tried the exe fix, no luck. I get a message explorer.exe is being
used,
read
only, try again later. All exe file try to use Excel, cannot
access
anything
in Control Panel, so cannot add / remove programs. All programs
still
work,
access by right click on icon then use Run as.

Very slow process

Regards


John

:

Hi John,

Doug has an .exe file extension repair on that site as well, try
using
it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi Rick,

No luck with fix. i think the cause was a program called
medload.exe
(origin
unknown). I click on open with Excel and now everything tries
to
use
Excel. I
can get programs to work by right click on the exe file and
then
click
on
run
as, which shows my user account, then click Ok.
Since trying the fix I have got a couple of Registry error
messages.
Everything seems to work except using the shortcuts, very
frustrating.

Regards

John

:

Hi John,

Go to www.dougknox.com and click on WinXP Fixes. Go to file
association
fixes, grab the .lnk (shortcut) fix.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Can you help, I use windows xp and have installed service
pack
2
weeks
ago
with no problem. Today all programs that I try to open from
my
desktop
try
to
use excel to open and of course fail. How to I change this?
Any
clues?
I
can
get to internet explorer anr outlook express from the start
page
but
nothing
else. Please help

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top