Broken File Associations

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WJB

Hi,

A friend of mine has a weird problem, possibly caused by a virus. None of
his executables will run, not even Windows Explorer or IE. Instead he keeps
getting the message:

"The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an Association in the Set Associations control panel."

However, unlike a document, it's not clear to me that any association can be
created for an exe file.

Any idea how this can be resolved short of reformatting the hard drive and
re-installing Windows and all installed programs?

The computer is running Windows Vista Business SP1.
 
WJB said:
Hi,

A friend of mine has a weird problem, possibly caused by a virus. None of
his executables will run, not even Windows Explorer or IE. Instead he
keeps
getting the message:

"The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an Association in the Set Associations control panel."

However, unlike a document, it's not clear to me that any association can
be
created for an exe file.

Any idea how this can be resolved short of reformatting the hard drive and
re-installing Windows and all installed programs?

The computer is running Windows Vista Business SP1.
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See this fix from MVP Ramesh Srinivasan:

http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...-associating-it-with-another-application.html
 
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