cant open any program

[qhyroll]

I'm having this painful problem with my desktop running with xp home.
Everytime i tried to open any program, the window 'open with' will appear.
This problem occurs ever since i downloaded youtube grabber at this famous
site. As administrator of the PC, i cant even access some function in the
control panel. All other user account (limited) can open all programs but
cannot do any changes or update. Please help me anyone!!!!!!!!!

 

[Elmo]

I'm having this painful problem with my desktop running with XP Home.
Every time I try to open any program, the window 'open with' will appear.
This problem occurs ever since I downloaded "youtube grabber" at this famous
site. As administrator of the PC, I can't even access some functions in the
control panel. All other user account (limited) can open all programs but
cannot do any changes or update. Please help me anyone!!!!!!!!!

Try repairing the EXE and LNK file associations.

Fix File Associations.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Also try one of these Virus Removal Tools:

Avast! One tool for any current virus
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Symantec Virus Removal Tools
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/removaltools.jsp

F-Secure Virus Removal Tools
http://www.f-secure.com/download-purchase/tools.shtml

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tools
http://www.kaspersky.com/removaltools

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Restore Default File Associations Easily:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm

 

[nass]

I'm having this painful problem with my desktop running with xp home.
Everytime i tried to open any program, the window 'open with' will appear.
This problem occurs ever since i downloaded youtube grabber at this famous
site. As administrator of the PC, i cant even access some function in the
control panel. All other user account (limited) can open all programs but
cannot do any changes or update. Please help me anyone!!!!!!!!!

Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx


Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (offline scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

After the scan run disk cleanup on your drive.

Then try the fix for the file association.
HTH.
nass