EXE. Format

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Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?
 
[Greek Goddess] wrote-:
Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?
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Boot in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" and then run the following commands in
Command Prompt window:

assoc .exe=exefile
ftype exefile="%1" %*
 
OK i tried that--froze up and i had to manually shut off wouldnt let me type
anything then when i could i got an invalid command. But thanks for the help
anyway

Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com said:
[Greek Goddess] wrote-:
Some time ago i was transferring photos from yahoo to somewhere else. I was
trying to get something in EXE format to open so i went to some part of the
computer and added exe as one of the formats. Now most of my programs wont
open because i somehow changed everything to exe format. How do i fix this?
Click to expand...

Boot in "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" and then run the following commands in
Command Prompt window:

assoc .exe=exefile
ftype exefile="%1" %*
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

Download the registry fix. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip
Remove the reg file from the zip folder, and move it to the desktop, or a
accessible location.

Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold
down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt
window. Enter REGEDIT.EXE and press Enter.

In regedit click on File - Import, and import the previously downloaded
xp_exe_fix.reg file.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org
 
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately that didnt work. I guess im going to have
to uninstall my programs and reinstall. Thanks anyway
 
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