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Roger Spruce
08-31-2003, 06:54 PM
I recently installed Norton Personal Firewall. It screwed things up, so I uninstalled it. Then I was installing Panda Antivirus and my computer crashed, causing the first reboot since I had uninstalled NPF. Now I can only run .exe files by opening a file associated with it, or by opening a file with a selected program. Anyone dealt with this before? Reformatting isn't an option right now.

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Belief can be defined as being more firmly grounded in experience than is attainable by the imagination.
Cool Matty
08-31-2003, 08:13 PM
Is there an error message when you try to launch an exe? The only quick fix I can think of is installing windows on top of itself, which is a last-resort type of option.

You also might want to check and see if this is true. If it's not, don't do anything yet, I just want to check, its a possibility.
Launch Registry Editor (Start>Run>regedit>Ok)
Browse to this folder/key:
My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
click on that folder/key
See if it has Content Type listed as application/x-msdownload

If it isn't, let me know what it IS set to. You might need to change it to what is listed above.

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"The future is not determined by a throw of the dice, but is determined by the conscious decisions of you and me."
I am addicted to ellipses!!! AHHH!!! ...

[This message has been edited by Cool Matty (edited August 31, 2003).]
Roger Spruce
08-31-2003, 08:50 PM
I can't open regedit, Matty. I can't even open it by opening a file associated with it because it just adds the file to the registry instead of opening.

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Belief can be defined as being more firmly grounded in experience than is attainable by the imagination.
Roger Spruce
08-31-2003, 08:59 PM
Ok. I got into it. That is the setting that's in there.


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Belief can be defined as being more firmly grounded in experience than is attainable by the imagination.
Cool Matty
08-31-2003, 09:37 PM
I think you are going to have to reinstall windows on top of itself then, if reformatting isn't an option. Also, try using the repair option in the windows setup.

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"The future is not determined by a throw of the dice, but is determined by the conscious decisions of you and me."
I am addicted to ellipses!!! AHHH!!! ...