ALL Program Files FailTo Launch - Security...

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Littlejon

I hope this is the proper forum for this question. I have
a co-worker running XP who cannot get any program, control
panel or even system restore to launch. Most error
messages say the executable does not have a file
associated with it, which they do. He knows he had a
trojan & browser hijacker on his system that we were
trying to remove. Even the AVG free edition executable I
downloaded failed to launch. However, when I right-clicked
and clicked on Run As.., & deselected the security feature
to prevent unauthorized programs from launching, that
executable launched fine.

I am not as familiar with XP as I am 2000, so is there a
security setting somehwere that is preventing these files
from launching?

Thanks!
 
Click Start, Run and enter COMMAND.COM

Enter ASSOC .EXE=EXEFILE

If that fails, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes and download the EXE file association fix. If you cannot double click the REG file to import it, open a Windows Explorer window and go to Windows\System32. Locate REGEDIT.EXE and rename it to REGEDIT.COM. Double click the renamed REGEDIT and import the REG file, via the Registry, Import menu.
 
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