.exe files changed to .lnt

[Guest]

When I tried to hibernate my laptop this morning it locked up so pressed the
power button to shut it down. When I rebooted a box appeared saying
something about there had been a change to the registry but that a
replacement file had been recovered off my system. I didnt think to note the
exact wording as it sounded like it was now okay but it is not. All my
program files and desktop shortcuts were changed to .lnt files. If I click
to open anything a box appears saying it needs to know what program to open
it with. I cannot access anything. I tried to download a registry checking
program but I get the same box saying it does not know what to open it with.
I did manage to open Norton and scan the system and it showed no viruses. I
tried a system restore but I get the same error...it cannot open it. Anyone
have any suggestions of how to get things back where they belong?

 

[MAP]

When I tried to hibernate my laptop this morning it locked up so
pressed the power button to shut it down. When I rebooted a box
appeared saying something about there had been a change to the
registry but that a replacement file had been recovered off my
system. I didnt think to note the exact wording as it sounded like
it was now okay but it is not. All my program files and desktop
shortcuts were changed to .lnt files. If I click to open anything a
box appears saying it needs to know what program to open it with. I
cannot access anything. I tried to download a registry checking
program but I get the same box saying it does not know what to open
it with. I did manage to open Norton and scan the system and it
showed no viruses. I tried a system restore but I get the same
error...it cannot open it. Anyone have any suggestions of how to get
things back where they belong?

This link should help you out.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

[Guest]

This link should help you out.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

[Guest]

This link should help you out.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Thanks Mike but I guess I am not sure how to use that info...I click on the
link...selected the one that said "File exe association fix" and it asks if I
want it
as a temp file in the reg directory and I selected ok and it says
successful. Is that what I was supposed to do and what next? Pardon my lack
of knowledge or experience when it comes to this kind of stuff. I appreciate
any helo I can get.

 

[MAP]

Thanks Mike but I guess I am not sure how to use that info...I click
on the link...selected the one that said "File exe association fix"
and it asks if I want it
as a temp file in the reg directory and I selected ok and it says
successful. Is that what I was supposed to do and what next? Pardon
my lack of knowledge or experience when it comes to this kind of
stuff. I appreciate any helo I can get.

Right click on EXE File Association Fix and select open.What happens?

 

[Guest]

Right click on EXE File Association Fix and select open.What happens?

When I right click and select Open using Internet Explorer a box opens
titled xp_exe_fix[1]....and within its screen is a file by the same name with
an icon like what is used to represent registry. To the left is a menu
showing Folder Tasks with Extract all files. When I double clicked that icon
it brought up a box asking if I wanted to run this software...I clicked run
and a box came up stating "Are you sure you want to add the information in
C:\DOCUME~1\KJJ911\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for
xp_exe_fix[1].zip\xp_exe_fix.reg to the registry? When I click yes it says
it cannot import....Error opening the file. May be a disk or file system
error.
HOWEVER, if I do the same using Mozilla browser it says it has been
successfully enter into the registry. I rebooted at that point but nothing
changed.

 

[Alan Edwards]

I think you have the wrong fix (but no harm done)
I doubt that you really mean .exe files changed to .lnt files.
If by .lnt files, you mean all the shortcuts show as .lnk then get the
LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix from
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

....Alan

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much. I thought it was all the files because everything in
Programs along with the desktop icons were switched to .lnk and unusable but
the link you provided corrected 90% and from that I was able to use 2 other
links to correct the rest. I can't thank you enough : )