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re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types'
Tuesday, August 13, 2002 at 2:04 pm
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Posted by Paul D (2162 messages posted)


If this was in the last 5 days, boot to DOS, type scanreg /restore, and pick a date before the event. This will restore your registry to what it was before you blew it.

Paul D





On Monday, August 12, 2002 at 9:34 pm, Juan Celaya wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>Programs From Changing Your File Types
:


>
>Hi There,
>
>I read the articles but I could not find the answer to the following question:
>I was trying to install a plugin from adobe in order to be able to see SVG files
>since I tryed first by downloading the exe file and installing it locally and the
>installation doesn´t seems to work I figured out that running the exe file from
>its location probably will work I did it at my job PC and it works. So I decided
>to do at home but whenever I tryed to run the installation the browser always
>try to download the file so I decided to change the mime-types from my browser
>for the exe files but I did not realise really what I was just about to do it will
>mess
>my whole system so I did it. The result is I am not able to run any exe file
>or appliacation with exe extension how do I fix this ?? Any idea is welcome.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Juan Antonio Celaya


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-Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Juan Celaya: Mon, Aug 12, 2002, 9:34 pm)
*re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Paul D: Tue, Aug 13, 2002, 2:04 pm)
-re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Edward Lewis: Tue, Jan 20, 2004, 7:40 am)
*re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Pere: Mon, Oct 18, 2004, 3:29 pm)
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