Drop to DOS prompt

[ms]

W2K SP4
I created a file named command.reg

I right click, Merge, get a screen "windows can't locate April.exe to open
reg files"

In W98SE, did the above no problem.

In W2K. what in the world is April.exe??

And, how to merge a reg file into the registry?

ms

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

W2K SP4
I created a file named command.reg

I right click, Merge, get a screen "windows can't locate April.exe to open
reg files"

In W98SE, did the above no problem.

In W2K. what in the world is April.exe??

And, how to merge a reg file into the registry?

ms

In Win2000 there is no file called April.exe. This is probably malware.
In Win2000 there is no DOS either. You probably mean the
Command Prompt. DOS is an operating system.

I suspect that your associations have been damaged by
some malware. A .reg extension is normally associated
with regedit.exe. You can perform your operation like so:
- Open a Command Prompt (click Start / Run / cmd {OK})
- Type this command: regedit c:\command.reg {Enter}

 

[Gary Smith]

April.exe is not a Windows program. Something has evidently hijacked the
association for .reg files. At the command prompt, type
assoc .reg

The result should be
..reg=regfile

Next type
ftype regfile

The result should be
regfile=regedit.exe "%1"

If it's something different, you can fix it by typing
ftype regfile=regedit.exe "%1"

WARNING: This will fix the association, but it doesn't do anything about
the original cause of the problem.

 

[ms]

W2K SP4
I created a file named command.reg

I right click, Merge, get a screen "windows can't locate April.exe to
open reg files"

In W98SE, did the above no problem.

In W2K. what in the world is April.exe??

And, how to merge a reg file into the registry?

ms

Thanks to all.

ms