EXE. Format

[Guest]

Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?

 

[Ayush]

[Greek Goddess] wrote-:

Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?

Boot in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" and then run the following commands in
Command Prompt window:

assoc .exe=exefile
ftype exefile="%1" %*

 

[Guest]

OK i tried that--froze up and i had to manually shut off wouldnt let me type
anything then when i could i got an invalid command. But thanks for the help
anyway

[Greek Goddess] wrote-:

Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?

Boot in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" and then run the following commands in
Command Prompt window:

assoc .exe=exefile
ftype exefile="%1" %*

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

You will find a solution here.

Windows XP File Assocation Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Guest]

I dont understand exactly what to do and what to do after i get in my
registry keys

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Download the registry fix. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip
Remove the reg file from the zip folder, and move it to the desktop, or a
accessible location.

Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold
down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt
window. Enter REGEDIT.EXE and press Enter.

In regedit click on File - Import, and import the previously downloaded
xp_exe_fix.reg file.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately that didnt work. I guess im going to have
to uninstall my programs and reinstall. Thanks anyway