.exe trouble-executables will not run

[eileen]

I mistakenly created an association for .exe extensions
and now none of my .exe files work. Does someone have a
fix for this, how can I restore the settings
..

 

[Dave Patrick]

Answered in .registry

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|I mistakenly created an association for .exe extensions
| and now none of my .exe files work. Does someone have a
| fix for this, how can I restore the settings
| .
|
|

 

[eileen]

Thanks, I still need help. It did not change anything. I
don't want to reboot unless I know that will work.

 

[Dave Patrick]

From a command prompt;
assoc .exe
what does it return with?

ftype exefile
what does it return with?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Thanks, I still need help. It did not change anything. I
| don't want to reboot unless I know that will work.

 

[eileen]

assoc .exe returns with .exe=exefile
ftype exefile returns with exefile="%1"%*
which appears to be correct, but my .exe files will still
not operate

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, correct. You'll probably need to restart for effect.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| assoc .exe returns with .exe=exefile
| ftype exefile returns with exefile="%1"%*
| which appears to be correct, but my .exe files will still
| not operate