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re: I cant click any .exe file or .bat. or any other program to start an application Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:35 pm Posted by jcw (5124 messages posted) Are you clicking on the actual files, or on shortcuts to the files? On Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:01 pm, Christian wrote: >I have lost all control of any program icon or any other way of starting an application >on my computer. I can start firefox and I can play a movie/mp3 or any other type >like that but when it comes to running an application, it either does nothing (if >I right click it it doesnt even give me the option to open the file) or says that >wants me to direct it to a program it can use to run it. I really need help. Thanks. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I cant click any .exe file or .bat. or any other program to start an application Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:58 pm Posted by Christian (3 messages posted) both, I straight up cant start any programs...I cant even download a program to fix my registry. On Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:35 pm, jcw wrote: >Are you clicking on the actual files, or on shortcuts to the files? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I cant click any .exe file or .bat. or any other program to start an application Friday, October 7, 2005 at 3:48 pm Posted by jcw (5124 messages posted) You said you can start Firefox, and I assume you can connect to the internet. So try this:  go to this website: http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm and there follow the instructions to download and use these 3 zipped reg files: • Batch File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for BAT files) • EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files) • LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior) If the troubled computer can't access the internet to effect the download, you' ll need to download the 3 files on another computer and copy them to removable media that you then can use to transfer the 3 files to the troubled computer. On Friday, October 7, 2005 at 2:58 pm, Christian wrote: >both, I straight up cant start any programs...I cant even download a program to fix >my registry. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I cant click any .exe file or .bat. or any other program to start an application Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 4:22 pm Posted by Christian (3 messages posted) I did what you said. It still didnt fix the icons. I found out I can run programs through the dos prompt. Thanks On Friday, October 7, 2005 at 3:48 pm, jcw wrote: >You said you can start Firefox, and I assume you can connect to the internet. > So try this: go to this website: > http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm > and there follow the instructions to download and use these 3 zipped reg files: > • Batch File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for BAT files) > • EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files) > • LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior) > If the troubled computer can't access the internet to effect the download, you' >ll need to download the 3 files on another computer and copy them to removable media >that you then can use to transfer the 3 files to the troubled computer. > > > > [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