No Association with .exe files

[Guest]

Recently XP Home SP2 has no association to go with .exe files or .Ink files.
I'm not worried about the shortcuts. I'll give a scenario:

I try to open an .exe file from the folder that it is in, let's say MSWord,
and I get the "I don't know what a exe file is" Window. Then if select to
open the word.exe file from the list of programs, word opens. IF it isn't on
that list, I can't open it. No system restore, regedit, sfc, no programs can
be started. It sounds weird cause my IE and internet connection is still
working. Any suggestions?
Thanks...

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please go to Doug Knox's web site and try the fix for .EXE and .LNK files:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Restore the .EXE file association:

Click Start, Run and type Command.com
Type "c:\windows\regedit.exe"

Fix the .exe association here:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
Set the (default) to exefile

Goto:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
Set the (default) to the following *exactly as given below*

"%1" %*

Close Regedit.exe


Related MSKBs:

You Are Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310585


You Cannot Start Programs (.exe Files) When Your Computer Is Infected with
the SirCam Virus:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=311446