can not run regedit

[quan]

please help!!

i accidentally set an exe file to always open with word
pad. now i cannot run any exe file. i try to open
regedit, and windows restore, but they cannot find a
program to open with. can anyone help me reverse, or undo
this.

 

[David Candy]

Can't run applications
Typically happens when cleaning viruses. Often an error message saying Can't find <some file name>. <some file name> is needed to open files of type application". The file name is the virus, the virus has set itself to run when program is started (and it starts the correct program), and as the virus has been deleted applications cannot run. This will fix this and similar non virus problems.

a.. Type this in dos (window ok if you can start it as you should be able to)
copy %windir%\regedit.exe %windir%\regedit.coma.. then merge exe_file.reg file and exe will run in regedit.
a.. Type regedit.com in Start - Run to start it, then Registry menu - Import the attached file.
This will allow you to run applications so you can complete you repairs.

 

[can you show me how to get into dos.]

for me to do this, i need to get into dos, but i have
tried "start, run, command" but it is doing the same
thing. please help.
thank you for your time.

-----Original Message-----

Can't run applications
Typically happens when cleaning viruses. Often an error

message saying Can't find <some file name>. <some file
name> is needed to open files of type application". The
file name is the virus, the virus has set itself to run
when program is started (and it starts the correct
program), and as the virus has been deleted applications
cannot run. This will fix this and similar non virus
problems.

a.. Type this in dos (window ok if you can start it as you should be able to)
copy %windir%\regedit.exe %windir%\regedit.coma.. then

merge exe_file.reg file and exe will run in regedit.

a.. Type regedit.com in Start - Run to start it, then

Registry menu - Import the attached file.

 

[David Candy]

Command is not an exe file. Therefore explain further.

 

[quan]

i am just trying do anything in run. you said i have to
type this into dos, but i don't know how to get to dos.

-----Original Message-----
Command is not an exe file. Therefore explain further.

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[David Candy]

Command is a com file therefore anything you did to exe files wouldn't affect command.com. Therefore you didn't do what you said you did in your first post.

 

[Darnko]

-----Original Message-----
Command is not an exe file. Therefore explain further.

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"can you show me how to get into dos." <[email protected]>

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.
Command.exe runs Command look for it in search to see

for your self.

 

[David Candy]

No it doesn't.