Win2K won't run .exe files after IE5 to IE6 upgrade

[Guest]

Running Win2K-SP4 on Pentium II with 128 mg. Upgraded IE5 to IE6. Had Spybot
running in background. Terminated Spybot during upgrade of IE to avoid all
the popups asking if it was OK to change registry settings. After system
reboot I get the following error whenever I try to run an executable file.
"The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." To my
knowledge .exe's don't have an association in the Folder Options (I checked
on another computer of mine running same OS). I tried reinstalling Win2K,
but that didn't help, I still get same error. Can anyone help. Thanks in
advance.

 

[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.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Running Win2K-SP4 on Pentium II with 128 mg. Upgraded IE5 to IE6. Had
Spybot
| running in background. Terminated Spybot during upgrade of IE to avoid
all
| the popups asking if it was OK to change registry settings. After system
| reboot I get the following error whenever I try to run an executable file.
| "The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
| action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." To
my
| knowledge .exe's don't have an association in the Folder Options (I
checked
| on another computer of mine running same OS). I tried reinstalling Win2K,
| but that didn't help, I still get same error. Can anyone help. Thanks in
| advance.
|

 

[Guest]

assoc.exe returns:
..exe = exefile

ftype exefile returns:
file type 'exefile' not found or no open command associated with it.

 

[Guest]

Dave, I have to leave for about an hour and a half. Will check for a return
post about 5:30 CST. Thanks for your help.
Graywolf

 

[Dave Patrick]

Should have been

C:\>ftype exefile
exefile="%1" %*

So from a command prompt;

ftype exefile="%1" %*

to restore the default open action for exefile.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| assoc.exe returns:
| .exe = exefile
|
| ftype exefile returns:
| file type 'exefile' not found or no open command associated with it.

 

[Guest]

Capital letters are because I'm shouting with joy! DAVE, YOU ARE THE
GREATEST!! THAT DID THE TRICK!! I still have some issues with some apps that
look like they got stepped on, but I should be able to fix them just by
reinstalling. Thanks again for your prompt and accurate diagnosis and
response.

Graywolf

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome. Glad to hear of your success. Strange that it happened
during the IE install.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Capital letters are because I'm shouting with joy! DAVE, YOU ARE THE
| GREATEST!! THAT DID THE TRICK!! I still have some issues with some apps
that
| look like they got stepped on, but I should be able to fix them just by
| reinstalling. Thanks again for your prompt and accurate diagnosis and
| response.
|
| Graywolf