re: Programs(exe's,yahoo messenger,msn..etc) open in notepad by default
Monday, January 19, 2004 at 5:20 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bret
(4 messages posted)
alt, I did find an Xi file on the machine .But it seems to be .gif file created in
'02. Is that what you have . bear with me, when you meant "create an exe type and
associating with a type application " which application type did you meant . I'm
just making sure i get it right .As you mentioned i dont have an exe type created
. Also can you tell me what the virus name is from norton.Thanks
On Monday, January 19, 2004 at 9:01 am, alt wrote:
>It sounds similar to a problem I had. I did not have exe listed as a file type in
>my computer-tools-folder options-file types. I had any application program opening
>with wordpad which was garbage and could not br read. By going to advanced -edit
>file-new and creating exe and associating it with type application, my system was
>restored. I still do not show exe as a file type in the list for folder options.
>I think we have been nailed by a virus. Do you have a file Xi as I do? Also Norton
>has listed a virus as X1. I think this problem you describe is related. Still looking
>into this. Good luck.
>
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