Applications won't start

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In the process of cleaning up the Sasser virus, I set the virus executable file to open in notepad so it wouldn't run (thought I was being clever...NOT!). I subsequently cleaned it up in safe-mode by un-registering the virus and deleting the virus executable.

However, now any application/executable I try to start, opens in Notepad (shows a garbled mess) and doesn't start up.

So, how do I re-establish windows as the method of starting applications/executables, instead of Notepad?

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Rod
 
Hi Rod,

In the process of cleaning up the Sasser virus, I set the virus executable file to open in notepad so it wouldn't run (thought I was being clever...NOT!). I subsequently cleaned it up in safe-mode by un-registering the virus and deleting the virus executable.

However, now any application/executable I try to start, opens in Notepad (shows a garbled mess) and doesn't start up.

So, how do I re-establish windows as the method of starting applications/executables, instead of Notepad?

Can't open EXE files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555067&Product=winxp

Good luck
 

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