Hello,
Something has removed all of the settings in your registry that tell the
system which programs to use with which file extension. Since it has
also removed the file association setting for .exe files you can't run
any programs as they are .exe files and now Windows doesn't know what to
do with them.
I don't know of any way to fix this other than doing a repair
installation of Windows. Well, actually I do know one other way to fix
it. You need what's called an Offline Registry Editor and with it you
could edit your registry and manually re-enter the file associations
into your registry.
This would take a long time as there are many, many file extensions that
would have to be re-instated. You could of course just re-establish the
file association for only the .exe and .com files, then boot your
Windows system and you will then be able to do a System Restore.
Here are links to several sources of Offline Registry Editors.
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm
You will of course need to know what the default association is for the
..exe and .com files first so it's off to google again...
Here are the contents of a .reg file which could fix the problem if your
file associations weren't messed up already. It shows you the keys you
need to create to get the .exe file association working again.
*start of file*
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion"
"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PEAnalyser]
@="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]
@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer
Property Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"
*end of file*
Later, Ray Parrish
Hello Lem. I followd your instruction (the word is "fusionner"), i get a
warning box "are you sure...." I choos open ("executer") and then I get the
massage (which I'll probably hear in my sleep tonight): " "no program is
associated with this file..."
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