help!!!!! .exe files not running

[james chaco]

i m currently using windows vista home basic.... i think my registry files are corrupt and i am unable to fix this problem......

[cohen]

Try a system restore....

[jbennet]

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

meant for XP but it should work

[james chaco]

is there any other option then system restore???

[james chaco]

Try a system restore....

Is there any other option then system restore??????????

[cohen]

OK, well try doing this, after our other conversation on MSN....

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebyt...re_d5756.htmll) to your desktop.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure to checkmark the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform full scan, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.
* Post the log back here.

Make sure that you restart the computer.

The log can also be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
Or at C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt

See if that does anything, something could be playing around with your system.

[jbennet]

do my option

[baron.vic]

i thnk my system got hacked or mite a virus.. dont knw what d f**k it is:@ ...all my exe files r not running..message box "window cannot open file" appears..so i googled it.. n den joined this forum.. i need help urgently..
i chck out all the links u ppl gave but d thing s that i cant run that saved exe file also..:'( :'( plz any1 help me...i tried run also instead f saving... that too s not workin'..:( :'( ...guys out der pls help me
help me pls

[james chaco]

i thnk my system got hacked or mite a virus.. dont knw what d f**k it is:@ ...all my exe files r not running..message box "window cannot open file" appears..so i googled it.. n den joined this forum.. i need help urgently..
i chck out all the links u ppl gave but d thing s that i cant run that saved exe file also..:'( :'( plz any1 help me...i tried run also instead f saving... that too s not workin'..:( :'( ...guys out der pls help me
help me pls

hi....
i would like to know ur os......if xp then use the following link
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
on this click on approp file and reboot the system
this might help you

[nickguletskii]

Excuse me, but if executables cant run, then system restore cant... THINK!!! It once happened to me...

[BubbaMooch57]

I am also having this issue on Windows 7 except instead of not opening anything all of my exe files open internet explorer. I went to the page to change file associations but exe isn't listed. I tried the registry correction site listed but it didn't help bc this is 64-bit windows 7 not xp. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[choybutchoy]

save ur files and reinstall ur system...im pretty much sure someone played on ur registry...it happen on me b4, i played on my registry like i dont want a certain .exe file to run, and i forgot something and thats screwed the system, so dont have any remedies but to reinstall...

[BubbaMooch57]

Actually I found another forum that had a file on the page to fix the registry error so I already fixed it good as new. :^)

[nickguletskii]

How can you run executables (and system restore!) if the assocs are corrupt? Try this tutorial (of course, if explorer.exe starts....)

http://filext.com/faq/broken_exe_association.php

Should work on Vista and Vienna also (may vary).