.exe files 'not associated'...

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Kevin

Big problem.

I have 30 or so HP nc6000 laptops all running WindowsXP Pro SP2.

I have 2 of them that have suffered something I've never seen before. All
of the desktop icons have changed to '.lnk' files and have blank icons.
When I try to go directly to the executables in the folders, I get a
message that .exe files are not associated and I need to go to the Control
Panel and associate them - but the control panel is one of the things that
just won't come up.

What can cause .exe files to become dis-associated with Windows and, more
importantly, how can I fix this without a complete rebuild?

Thanks!
 
try this...not certain if it will help,

hold down the windows key, and press the letter r

then type cmd and hit the enter button

To change the association for a specific file
extension, type assoc .<xxx>=<file type> at a command
prompt, and then press ENTER, where <xxx> is the file
extension whose association you want to change, and <file
type> is the program, dynamic data exchange (DDE), or OLE
object you want to associate with the file extension.

To delete the association for a specific file extension,
type assoc .<xxx>= at a command prompt, and then press
ENTER, where <xxx> is the file extension you want to
delete.

NOTE: You must type the trailing space after the equal
sign (=). If you do not, the association is not deleted
and you receive the following error message:

This may help you fix enough associations to at least get
into control panel -

just a guess -

HTH - let me know.

-->xfiler
 
Also, this might be of help -

You can also set the associations programmatically. This
is useful when setting up your application on other
machines. You can provide this functionality through your
installation program. The first way to do this (the
simpler method) is to use regedit to merge the changes
from a file. The syntax for this is: regedit
<filename>.reg

An example of a <filename>.reg is: REGEDIT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.riy = FMA000_File_assoc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc = File_assoc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\open\command
= fileasso.EXE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\open\ddeexec
= [Open(%1)]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\open\ddeexec\app
lication
= Myserver

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\open\ddeexec\top
ic = system

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\print\command =
fileasso.EXE

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\print\ddeexec =
[Open(%1)]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\print\ddeexec\ap
plication
= MYServer

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\print\ddeexec\to
pic = System

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FMA000_File_assoc\shell\print\ddeexec\if
exec =
[Test(%1)]
 
I would suggest changing the association to another, such
as .com, then trying to change it back to .exe. If you
type "assoc | more" without quotes at the command line,
then page thru the associations, is .exe associated with
exefile?

-->xfiler
 
also - you may want to download fileasso.exe from
microsoft download center - this may help you with the
file associations, otherwise I believe you will have to
adjust your registry.
HTH

-->xfiler
 
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