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re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 12:41 am Posted by Annoyances.org Webmaster Do you have antivirus software installed? Have you tried any of the links in Article 07-102? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 12:46 am Posted by Annoyances.org Webmaster Hi again, I've inspected the fix in Article 07-102, and have discovered a problem with the 07-102.inf file. The file has been updated, and it should work now. Try it out! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 4:44 am Posted by mrsrats (1 messages posted) There is a possibility that your PC is infected by a virus. Can you run scandisk or defrag? If not, that is probably your problem. I have come across this a few times. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 6:00 am Posted by Jim (1 messages posted) Sounds like you have w32sircam virus that I have seen at least 12 times in the last couple of weeks. Boot with a startup disk and reinstall windows. Get current virus dat files right away. I have also received this from people I do not know and Norton Antivirus stops it. But only with the current dat files. On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 10:59 pm, Ben wrote: >No mater what i open, (.exe files) the program not found box comes up and tells me >that windows can't find cnrwghlcdfjse.exe >i refered to your section on the problem about openeing up .exe files and downloaded >the 07-102 patch but it did not work. >You are right that i can open other files such as .doc but not direct .exe files >Please help as i don't know what to do. >I have tried everything to my knowledge but i have to refer to those who know what >they are doing. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 10:42 am Posted by Annoyances.org Webmaster It shouldn't be necessary to do any of that. Just follow the directions here: Article 07-102. On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 6:00 am, Jim wrote: >Sounds like you have w32sircam virus that I have seen at least 12 times in the last >couple of weeks. Boot with a startup disk and reinstall windows. Get current virus >dat files right away. I have also received this from people I do not know and Norton >Antivirus stops it. But only with the current dat files. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Friday, August 24, 2001 at 9:13 am Posted by Lisa Wolhuter (4 messages posted) the magistrA virus renames all your .exe and .scr files. so it makes it so nothing works. On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 12:46 am, Annoyances.org Webmaster wrote: >Hi again, > >I've inspected the fix in Article 07-102, >and have discovered a problem with the 07-102.inf file. The file has been updated, >and it should work now. Try it out! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Sunday, July 21, 2002 at 3:04 pm Posted by Richard (1 messages posted) I have the same problem. Unfortunately, after I right-click to install, I get a familiar message: Cannot find rundll32.exe. In other words, I'm unable to install. On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 10:42 am, Annoyances.org Webmaster wrote: >It shouldn't be necessary to do any of that. Just follow the directions here: >href="/exec/show/article07-102">Article 07-102. > > > > > >On Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 6:00 am, Jim wrote: > >Sounds like you have w32sircam virus that I have seen at least 12 times in the last > >couple of weeks. Boot with a startup disk and reinstall windows. Get current virus > >dat files right away. I have also received this from people I do not know and Norton > >Antivirus stops it. But only with the current dat files. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Friday, December 13, 2002 at 11:22 pm Posted by Hello (1 messages posted) HELLO YOU you may have virus you may not did you scan your computer for virus if not try thes internet free virus scan {hosecall} if you haven,t got a virus download self extracter winzip winace Iso Buster TURN IT OFF ALL OTHER PROGRAMS just run thes 4 programs and please send me email and let me know wixh exe file you can,t open {REMEMMBER .EXE. MEANS SETUP IT,S JUST A NAME} one of thes 4 programs will open i think you haven got the self extracter please send me the file name you want to open or program name{my email is murtkurag44@msn.com thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Friday, February 14, 2003 at 5:28 pm Posted by cee (1 messages posted) YEP, it's a virus alright... here follow this link, it helped me with my .exe problem http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Win_Security/Q_20442719.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 12:02 pm Posted by b12345en (5 messages posted) Just wanted to send out a huge thanks to this site, as the article saved my email folder...damn viruses! On Friday, February 14, 2003 at 5:28 pm, cee wrote: >YEP, it's a virus alright... here follow this link, it helped me with my .exe problem > > >http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Win_Security/Q_20442719.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 3:22 am Posted by fatma (2 messages posted) h'llo i have the same prob as this but nothing seems to work..... n i cannot download the yaha software -- coz of some url missing .... plz help.......... my comp has windows xp. On Friday, February 14, 2003 at 5:28 pm, cee wrote: >YEP, it's a virus alright... here follow this link, it helped me with my .exe problem > > >http://www.experts-exchange.com/Security/Win_Security/Q_20442719.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 11:29 am Posted by victor_08 (1 messages posted) Hi, I work for tech support for a BIG company. and one cust call me for the same issue that you are having. I researched a little for this and i found this tool that maybe is going to work. (Works with my customer!!!) http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/tool.to.reset.shellopencommand.registry.keys.html . If you can't go directly to the link, you can open www.symantec.com Check to the left for the part that says something about "Download Virus Removal Tool" then go to the one that says "Tool to reset shellopencommand registry keys" All the info must be there. On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 3:22 am, fatma wrote: >h'llo i have the same prob as this but nothing seems to work..... n i cannot download >the yaha software -- coz of some url missing .... plz help.......... my comp has >windows xp. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] can't open any .exe, this fixed my win2k Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 10:00 pm Posted by KDB (1 messages posted) My win2k had this problem. I was trying to work on something else, which led me to open the "Tools -> Folder Options" under the file browser. Then I selected "File Types" and "new" and added 'exe'. Then I deleted the file type 'exe', that was a Bad move. I knew that I had broken it myself and it wasn't a virus or something like that. Well, then I couldn't open any exe files from anywhere, even from start->run. I couldn't open regedit, an editor, or even ie. I got on another similar computer, opened regedit and some tools I needed, then saved the registry, and then broke that one too the same way I did on the first one. Then I exported the registry again from regedit and compared them. I found that the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.exe was missing altogether. So I created it and gave the default value 'exefile' which is the way it was before I removed the key. Then everything worked again. On the first machine that was broken, I couldn't run regedit, so I right clicked a file on the desktop and selected open-with notepad. This gave me an editor, then I deleted the contents and put regedit.exe in the file and saved it as regedit.bat back onto the desktop. When I clicked on it, it ran regedit for me. Then I added the key and value above, and fixed that computer also. On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 10:59 pm, Ben wrote: >No mater what i open, (.exe files) the program not found box comes up and tells me >that windows can't find cnrwghlcdfjse.exe >i refered to your section on the problem about openeing up .exe files and downloaded >the 07-102 patch but it did not work. >You are right that i can open other files such as .doc but not direct .exe files >Please help as i don't know what to do. >I have tried everything to my knowledge but i have to refer to those who know what >they are doing. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: can't open any .exe, this fixed my win2k Friday, May 26, 2006 at 11:33 pm Posted by Jay Chou (1 messages posted) I got "access is denied" when I try to install the 07-102.inf on my desktop. WUt I do??????? [Reply or follow-up to this message] .exe files not working. Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 10:33 am Posted by Kyle (2 messages posted) I see all of you people posting about .exe files not working... i for one have the similar problem in a way. When i download or click any .exe file it doesn't let me load... the icon does not show up it is a blank paper icon. Now i tried to solution from the webmaster who posted above a while ago and it did not work. I downloaded the file i installed it... all was well but than it said, "Windows can not find the file". It gave me 2 options i could find the program to load it manually.. nothing. The other option was to let windows do it. So i did... nothing. I do not want to go through the problem of rebooting or anything like that. I would like to have the solution to be the way the webmaster has shown it. But only if it worked. Please help me out. -Kyle [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: .exe files not working. Monday, July 23, 2007 at 9:15 am Posted by jose801 (1 messages posted) Hi.. i got the same problem when i dowloaded the artical -07 12 or somthing like and right clicked and install the window cant read the grpconv.exe pops up what should i do.. i cant reboot my computer because my cd drivers are messed up too.. so what should i do plz help On Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 10:33 am, Kyle wrote: >I see all of you people posting about .exe files not working... i for one have the >similar problem in a way. When i download or click any .exe file it doesn't let me >load... the icon does not show up it is a blank paper icon. Now i tried to solution >from the webmaster who posted above a while ago and it did not work. I downloaded >the file i installed it... all was well but than it said, "Windows can not find the >file". It gave me 2 options i could find the program to load it manually.. nothing. >The other option was to let windows do it. So i did... nothing. I do not want to >go through the problem of rebooting or anything like that. I would like to have the >solution to be the way the webmaster has shown it. But only if it worked. Please >help me out. > > -Kyle [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: .exe files not working. Monday, July 23, 2007 at 9:46 am Posted by gewg_ (4061 messages posted) jose801 wrote: |i got the same problem Go away. You're too stupid to post here. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/t997855193 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: .EXE fix, advice to clean malware infection... Monday, July 23, 2007 at 12:41 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33554 messages posted) jose801, you should have posted a new message on this forum. This thread you responded in is several yrs. old. If your .EXE (executable) files aren't working, you likely have a malware infection. Therefore, you need to run some malware scans, and possibly get help on a malware support forum. First, download the EXEfix08 file from the menu at this link. It'll restore the standard 'EXE' information into the Windows Registry. Reticulated Toys (9X- ME) For further help, register and post on this forum. Good luck, and same to anyone else who comes across this thread. Tech Support Guy Security forum Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: .exe files not working. Monday, July 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33554 messages posted) gewg_ sometimes I honestly think you're too damned rude and mean to post here! :( Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: .EXE fix, advice to clean malware infection... Friday, May 16, 2008 at 6:16 am Posted by anne (1 messages posted) ancient thread as it is..it still helped me. I was on the edge of reformatting my PC when I came across this old thread. Downloaded the exeFIX,..got my problem solved! Thank you! On Monday, July 23, 2007 at 12:41 pm, Ms. Eagle wrote: > >jose801, you should have posted a new message on this forum. This thread you responded >in is several yrs. old. > >If your .EXE (executable) files aren't working, you likely have a malware infection. >Therefore, you need to run some malware scans, and possibly get help on a malware >support forum. > >First, download the EXEfix08 file from the menu at this link. It'll restore the standard >'EXE' information into the Windows Registry. >color="006699"> >Reticulated Toys (9X- ME) > >For further help, register and post on this forum. Good luck, and same to anyone >else who comes across this thread. >color="006699"> >Tech Support Guy Security forum > > > >color="006699">Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: My computer can't open any .exe files because... Monday, April 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm Posted by Aleya (1 messages posted) THANK YOU SO MUCH! This problem has been bugging me all day! On Friday, August 24, 2001 at 9:13 am, Lisa Wolhuter wrote: >the magistrA virus renames all your .exe and .scr files. so it makes it so nothing >works. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum