Lost file association with exe files

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Rod

The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the file
association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run exe files.
I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't figure out how
to fix the damage.

If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is an
exe file so I can't run it.

I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a batch
file but with no joy.

I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising as
Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing. It
gets killed off before it starts.

I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar with
Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright ideas?



many thanks



Rod
 
I don't know about the Merge operation, but it fixed a problem I had when
somebody had associated exe files with Acrobat pdf files!
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Which has recently happened here...Thanks for the fix, except I'm
running Win 7. We'll see what happens.
 
Which has recently happened here...Thanks for the fix, except I'm running Win
7. We'll see what happens.
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Maybe not...I recall that this only happens in the download dialog when
I am working in Firefox. Windows Explorer is OK.

In hopes of a clue, I'll still research the registry entries you
pointed to. This is a new phenomenon, and my bit of research so far has
revealed very little to me :-)
 
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