Sorry to repost: desperate need for help

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pak

I am sorry to repost this so quickly, but I would really
appreciate some help on this!

For some reason, my Windows2000 machine is attempting to
open every program (i.e. every mouse click on a document
or a program file) via IE6. It looks like something is
causing every program and file to be prefixed by http://
which therefore defaults it to IE. I can't even go to
regedit because of this, to see if the default prefixes
have changed. Anyone know what happened and what I can do
to fix this?

Is there a backdoor route to regedit? I tried to copy the
software file from the winnt\system32\config directory to
a new location (My Documents) before overwriting it with
the backup (so that I don't lose what I have right now as
well!), but I can't seem to be able to do that. I get a
file sharing violation. I haven't had the courage to
overwrite the current software file with the backup
anyway, but I am going to assume that the file sharing
violation won't allow me to do that either.

I would merge a reg file, but that too only causes IE to
open up.

I would really appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks!
 
pak said:
Is there a backdoor route to regedit? I tried to copy the
software file from the winnt\system32\config directory to
a new location (My Documents) before overwriting it with
the backup (so that I don't lose what I have right now as
well!), but I can't seem to be able to do that. I get a
file sharing violation. I haven't had the courage to
overwrite the current software file with the backup
anyway, but I am going to assume that the file sharing
violation won't allow me to do that either.
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This may get you into regedit. Go to Start | Run and type in
"command.com". If a command windows opens, then COM files are still
working. In that case, type

copy %systemroot%\regedit.exe regedit.com

and then

regedit.com

With luck, that will open regedit and you can start looking for the cause
of the problem. One possibility is that the entry for EXE files is messed
up. You should have at least (in .REG format):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
 
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