Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types'
Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 11:54 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dick Paladino
(2 messages posted)
I have a question about Prevent
Programs From Changing Your File Types:
Windows 95 v4.00.950B; IE 5.0; 233Mhz; 64 MB RAM
I recently switched over from my AOL dial up service, to Comcast@home cable access.
After installing their web browser, I didn't like it, and uninstalled it. Now,
when I click on some hyperlinks, I get a Windows
error message that says,
"Program Not Found. Windows can not find Home.exe. This program is needed for opening
files of type 'URL: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.'
It happens with hyperlinks that are imbedded in Outlook Express email messages, as
well as when I click the "Check for Upgrade" radio buttons in various installed programs.
I went to the HTML Documents file, clicked 'Edit',
hilited 'Open', and clicked 'Edit'. I saw that the file association designated the
application to perform the action was identified as,
files\@home\ATHMWWW\Home.exe""%1
I changed it to,
"C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe"%1
That's the same as on my other similarly set-up Windows 95, non internet attached
computer I still get the same error message after making the change.
I went back to the file association menu, and when it opened it, I saw that the topmost
box, the one
titled 'Action', has 'Open' spelled 'O&pen'. Could this be some sort of corruption?
I tried to remove the '&', but since the box is inactive, I was unable to do so.
Prior to installing the @home browser, Internet Explorer 5.0 opened HTTP hyperlinks.
How can I enable it to do so again?
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