setup autoruns when drive is opened in my computer

[honey]

hi -- i somehow seemed to have extracted a program to be
installed to the root of one of my secondary drives. i have
deleted the autorun.inf, and the setup file -- but now i
get an error saying that setup.exe is missing, and it is
needed to open files of type "file".

can someone please tell me how to fix this? i don't see any
way to change the associated program with "file" (and what
would i even change it to?).

thanks so much.

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

Did you reboot the computer after deleting the autorun.inf.?

If so, download "drive" association fix from here:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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hi -- i somehow seemed to have extracted a program to be
installed to the root of one of my secondary drives. i have
deleted the autorun.inf, and the setup file -- but now i
get an error saying that setup.exe is missing, and it is
needed to open files of type "file".

can someone please tell me how to fix this? i don't see any
way to change the associated program with "file" (and what
would i even change it to?).

thanks so much.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Removing the autorun should have been enough or rather renaming it. Did you
backup Setup.exe or deleted it?

1. Browse to the appropriate Setup.exe or Install.exe program
2. Right click on the setup program and select "Run As..."
3. Uncheck the box that says protect my computer and data from unauthorized
program activity.

Note: Doing this alters the default protection only for this
operation/setup program... it does NOT disable it permanently.

If none of the above pertains, go to Start/Run/Regedit and type in:
regsvr32 /i shell32

Restore File Types back to Default
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm

File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

/top10faqs.htm

 

[Kelly]

Ramesh,

Just curious why you would have CMD under Drive instead of Directory and
use: cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\ instead of: cmd.exe /k cd %1
/top10faqs.htm

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

It still works, Kelly. the mistake is did is I copied the same string from
the "folder" registry key. Thanks for notifying.

--
Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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Ramesh,

Just curious why you would have CMD under Drive instead of Directory and
use: cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\ instead of: cmd.exe /k cd %1
/top10faqs.htm

 

[Kelly]

I see. )

/top10faqs.htm

It still works, Kelly. the mistake is did is I copied the same string from
the "folder" registry key. Thanks for notifying.

--
Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Ramesh,

Just curious why you would have CMD under Drive instead of Directory and
use: cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\ instead of: cmd.exe /k cd %1
/top10faqs.htm

Did you reboot the computer after deleting the autorun.inf.?

If so, download "drive" association fix from here:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

--
Regards,
Ramesh [MS-MVP]
Aim: SRamesh2k
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


hi -- i somehow seemed to have extracted a program to be
installed to the root of one of my secondary drives. i have
deleted the autorun.inf, and the setup file -- but now i
get an error saying that setup.exe is missing, and it is
needed to open files of type "file".

can someone please tell me how to fix this? i don't see any
way to change the associated program with "file" (and what
would i even change it to?).

thanks so much.