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re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 3:40 am Posted by Mike Taylor (2 messages posted) Has anyone ever found out the answer to this? I'm having exactly this problem. On Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 7:35 am, Bob wrote: >I have a question about Customize >Context Menus: > > >Hi, > >For folder icons, how do you change the default program in the context menu? Mine >inadvertantly has changed to "Search . . " rather than the normal "Open", and I have >no idea how to change it back. I am running XP home. > >Thanks > >Bob > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 8:38 pm Posted by Ben (1 messages posted) Open regedit, search for Directory in the class root thing, once you find something just named that, change the shell (node/folder looking thing)'s '(Default)' to none, or at least that worked for me in WinXP On Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 3:40 am, Mike Taylor wrote: >Has anyone ever found out the answer to this? I'm having exactly this problem. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 11:17 pm Posted by Mike Taylor (2 messages posted) Thanks, worked perfectly. On Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 8:38 pm, Ben wrote: > >Open regedit, search for Directory in the class root thing, once you find something >just named that, change the shell (node/folder looking thing)'s '(Default)' to none, >or at least that worked for me in WinXP > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 6:24 am Posted by omoshima (2 messages posted) On Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 8:38 pm, Ben wrote: > >Open regedit, search for Directory in the class root thing, once you find something >just named that, change the shell (node/folder looking thing)'s '(Default)' to none, >or at least that worked for me in WinXP > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Saturday, October 5, 2002 at 10:30 pm Posted by Patrick Leamon (2 messages posted) In '98 at least, Folders are a file type (they appear in "View->Folder Options->File Types") From there you can set the default action, like a normal file. On Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 3:40 am, Mike Taylor wrote: >Has anyone ever found out the answer to this? I'm having exactly this problem. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] how do u open regedit in win xp home Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 10:57 am Posted by Dylan (2 messages posted) i have wnidows xp and when i go to run and type regedit it pops up for a second then closes again can this be fixed???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 10:52 am Posted by Rich (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem with my XP pro! Any Fixes? On Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 10:57 am, Aaron wrote: >i have wnidows xp and when i go to run and type regedit it pops up for a second then >closes again can this be fixed???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Sunday, February 2, 2003 at 5:51 am Posted by Manuel (1 messages posted) I have it too with my xp home, urgent!!!! On Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 10:57 am, Aaron wrote: >i have wnidows xp and when i go to run and type regedit it pops up for a second then >closes again can this be fixed???? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Sunday, February 2, 2003 at 7:08 am Posted by Mazdak (40 messages posted) I have the same problem and I have found a workaround: It's odd but I can start regedit by calling it from a batch file. I need feedback as to this works for you people (until we find a solution. On Sunday, February 2, 2003 at 5:51 am, Manuel wrote: > >I have it too with my xp home, urgent!!!! > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Monday, April 7, 2003 at 3:20 pm Posted by Drew (1 messages posted) Go into 'Start' , 'Run' , key 'Regedit' , 'ok' ...that should work for you On Sunday, February 2, 2003 at 5:51 am, Manuel wrote: > >I have it too with my xp home, urgent!!!! > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Monday, June 23, 2003 at 3:28 am Posted by Mazdak (40 messages posted) Open the registry by calling regedit.exe within a batch file. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command should have a default value of: "%1" %* exactly as I have typed. This value is sometimes removed during a virus check and .exe files will not be run afterwards. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command which preserves its default value of "%1" %* makes it possible to run .exe files indirectly from within batch files (see my previous mail). Good luck everyone [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 8:49 am Posted by no_need_to_thank_me (1 messages posted) start->run->regedit.....that'll get u there On Sunday, February 2, 2003 at 7:08 am, Mazdak Maleki wrote: >I have the same problem and I have found a workaround: It's odd but I can start regedit >by calling it from a batch file. > >I need feedback as to this works for you people (until we find a solution. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 10:19 pm Posted by Mazdak (40 messages posted) My problem was not knowing how to start regedit but that it started and closed down right away. The same was true with all my "exe" files. I could only call them withing batch files. See my solution further down the thread: Open the registry by calling regedit.exe within a batch file. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command should have a default value of: "%1" %* exactly as I have typed. This value is sometimes removed during a virus check and .exe files will not be run afterwards. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command which preserves its default value of "%1" %* makes it possible to run .exe files indirectly from within batch files On Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 8:49 am, no_need_to_thank_me wrote: > >start->run->regedit.....that'll get u there > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Friday, February 27, 2004 at 7:19 am Posted by Chad (1 messages posted) Hi, did you ever resolve the context menu in XP displying search instead of open? I have the same problem now and it is driving me BEYOND insane. I think I may be close to knowing every registry key in XP. Any help would be appreciated. On Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 7:35 am, Bob wrote: >I have a question about Customize >Context Menus: > > >Hi, > >For folder icons, how do you change the default program in the context menu? Mine >inadvertantly has changed to "Search . . " rather than the normal "Open", and I have >no idea how to change it back. I am running XP home. > >Thanks > >Bob > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 9:01 am Posted by sam (1 messages posted) I know that this is from quite some time ago, however the problem has cropped up on one of our machines at work. I've got as far as the Directory in regedit, but the instructions got a bit vague after that - can someone spell it out for me? Ta On Tuesday, July 2, 2002 at 8:38 pm, Ben wrote: > >Open regedit, search for Directory in the class root thing, once you find something >just named that, change the shell (node/folder looking thing)'s '(Default)' to none, >or at least that worked for me in WinXP > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 8:51 am Posted by Meeko (1 messages posted) I had the exact same problem with a customer of mine. If your restart your PC into Safemode and then run the regedit command in the Run screen it will run smoothly On Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 10:52 am, Rich wrote: >I am having the same problem with my XP pro! Any Fixes? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 1:02 pm Posted by Tim Clark (1 messages posted) I just had the same problem in W2K of regedit closing as soon as it was opened. The cause was a program called WINEXES.exe which I saw in task manager. I deleted the file from system32 and by starting in safe mode deleted references using regedit. I think it is some kind of trojan. > On Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 10:52 am, Rich wrote: >I am having the same problem with my XP pro! Any Fixes? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 4:20 pm Posted by lostjug (1 messages posted) I read an earlier post about this. I wrote a quick batch c: cd \windows regedit with notepad (save as whatever.bat) Ran the batch and it opened. then went to HKey_curr exefile\shell\open\command and edited the string to "%1" %* (including the quotes) and everything opens fine now. On Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 8:51 am, Meeko wrote: >I had the exact same problem with a customer of mine. If your restart your PC into >Safemode and then run the regedit command in the Run screen it will run smoothly > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 5:14 am Posted by Darcy (2 messages posted) Using the previous tip of how to add a new context menu # Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). # Open My Computer\ HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Directory\ shell. You will find an entry key called find. Delete this key and it will no longer be listed in the context menu. On Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 7:35 am, Bob wrote: >I have a question about Customize >Context Menus: > > >Hi, > >For folder icons, how do you change the default program in the context menu? Mine >inadvertantly has changed to "Search . . " rather than the normal "Open", and I have >no idea how to change it back. I am running XP home. > >Thanks > >Bob > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Monday, August 1, 2005 at 8:50 am Posted by vaasu (1 messages posted) Thanks a lot man!! I was trying since 8 hours to fix this problem..trying to run all antivirus.. i finally made .exe files running...thanks a lot for the message...saved my day:) On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 3:28 am, Mazdak wrote: >Open the registry by calling regedit.exe within a batch file. >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command should have a default value of: "%1" >%* >exactly as I have typed. This value is sometimes removed during a virus check and >.exe files will not be run afterwards. > >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command which preserves its default value of > "%1" %* makes it possible to run .exe files indirectly from within batch files >(see my previous mail). Good luck everyone > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 2:00 pm Posted by Suza (1 messages posted) I had the same issue too, and decided to export the registry settings from another computer and execute it in my registry. Go to HKEY-Classes-Root on a 'good PC, navigate to Directory, Drive, Folder and Shellex. At each one, right-click and choose 'Export' then save it as something meaningful. On your annoyed PC, double click the registry settings (you exported from the 'good' PC), and you should be back in business. Let me know if you don't have access to a 'Good PC'. Suza [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Friday, October 7, 2005 at 11:49 pm Posted by Gina (1 messages posted) I couldn't use regedit or task manager without it closing quickly. Finally figured out it was a program running called msginav.exe located in the windows/system32 folder. To find this I had to download a shareware task manager, that also listed risks. I have Norton, but Norton didn't catch it. I found out it's a trojan, worm, from AIM. I used the shareware program to quarantine it. http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager It fixed it. On Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 8:51 am, Meeko wrote: >I had the exact same problem with a customer of mine. If your restart your PC into >Safemode and then run the regedit command in the Run screen it will run smoothly > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: how do u open regedit in win xp home Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 6:10 am Posted by rhonda (1 messages posted) I had the same problem with regedit. I had a program running in start up called hkcmd.exe that was causing my problem. It was also located in windows/system32. I didn't delete it, but removed it from start up. Regedit now stays open. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 6:29 am Posted by Someone (1 messages posted) but regedit.exe is exe-file, and it's not running, too. On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 3:28 am, Mazdak wrote: >Open the registry by calling regedit.exe within a batch file. >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command should have a default value of: "%1" >%* >exactly as I have typed. This value is sometimes removed during a virus check and >.exe files will not be run afterwards. > >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command which preserves its default value of > "%1" %* makes it possible to run .exe files indirectly from within batch files >(see my previous mail). Good luck everyone > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize Context Menus' Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 5:02 am Posted by kiran (1 messages posted) For folder icons, how do you change the default program in the context menu? Mine >inadvertantly has changed to "Search . . " rather than the normal "Open", and I have >no idea how to change it back. I am running XP home. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 6:55 am Posted by carol (1 messages posted) I was able to create a batch file and get into the registry. However, all of my settings are correct. They have the "%1" %* in all of the keys for opening exe files. I've been able to right click on my computer and execute a virus scan and it is not finding anything. My virus dat files are current as of july 2. if anyone can help?............. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:04 pm Posted by Manuel (1 messages posted) I tried the below mentioned solution and it worked. I am already installing windows updates on the computer. Thank's for the help. On Monday, June 23, 2003 at 3:28 am, Mazdak wrote: >Open the registry by calling regedit.exe within a batch file. >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command should have a default value of: "%1" >%* >exactly as I have typed. This value is sometimes removed during a virus check and >.exe files will not be run afterwards. > >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command which preserves its default value of > "%1" %* makes it possible to run .exe files indirectly from within batch files >(see my previous mail). Good luck everyone > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 5:02 am Posted by Philippe (1 messages posted) Hi, I think I do have the same problem. Unfortunately the solution given is not working, since the regedit file wount open up. None of my exe files is starting up by double clicking on the icon and their beneed links. When trying to open up the regedit file, by using the run command C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe, I do come accross following error messages; - Windows can not open this file: regedit.exe.. Ticking the Select the program from a list where the Open with window apears, browsing to C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe, following error popups apear; - Are you sure you want to add the information in C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe to the registry? - Cannot import C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe The specified file is not a registry script. You can import binary files from whiitin the registry editor. I also found out that noting can be installed either, no error message, nothing, nada. Can y be of any assistance in this matter? Thank you very much, Phil On Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:04 pm, Manuel wrote: >I tried the below mentioned solution and it worked. I am already installing windows >updates on the computer. > >Thank's for the help. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 6:45 am Posted by MartinM (7545 messages posted) You are still infected. Start by running full scans with MalwareBytes (multiple scans) and SuperAntispyware (both are free downloads). If you cannot download them (aften happens, due to the same blocking mechanism), download the installation files to a flash drive on another PC and install from there. Post back with where you get to. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 3:49 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) I don't know how this thread got so far off topic, but.. you don't need to edit the registry directly to fix the .EXE problem. Scroll down to #12 on this page, left column. Download the EXE-LNK fix registry file to your desktop. Close all open windows. Double click the .reg file to merge (or right click merge) the entries into the registry. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm However, as Martin suggested you should run some malware scans. If the fix doesn't resolve the issue so you can run executables, you'll need to post for further help on a malware support forum. Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 7:39 am Posted by bkam (1 messages posted) Thanks for that registry path - it saved the day! I had trouble getting regedit to run form a batch file on Windows 7, but I was able to export that key to a thumb drive from another computer using regedit. Then on the affected computer, I just clicked on that .reg file and it installed the key ... fixed it immediately!!!!   thanks again [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Possible solution to .exe files not running after virus attack Friday, June 24, 2011 at 4:57 am Posted by sunny (1 messages posted) Thankyou for the solution.Some Trojan information came up on my screen and after than all exe files stopped working. I opened notepad typed in regedit.exe,saved as reg.bat,after changing Save As Type to all files.Double clicked reg.bat and voila..I cud change as you had mentioned. And now everything is fine. Thanks once again [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 XP Discussion Forum