Solve : Everytime I try to open a program, I'm prompted to "Open With"

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Answer» So... I've looked at the criteria for posting and recieving help, and I've tried to download and run the programs necessary... but even when I try to do that, I still end up staring perplexed at the "Open With" window, and can't run the programs. I'm not very software-savvy, so maybe there's something I'm missing that would seem obvious to someone else. Please help? EDIT: I guess it might help if I told you that I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on a laptop, huh?Click on the link below, then look to the "EXE File Association Fix", and download the .zip file to your computer desktop.. Once there, unzip the file, then double click on the "xp_exe_fix.reg" file that is inside, CHOOSE "OK/Yes, when it asks "Are you sure?".. Restart the computer.. It should now run those problem programs and Control Panel icons. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htmThank you so much! Quote from: LadyViolet on APRIL 11, 2011, 05:47:56 PM Thank you so much! So it did work? Now it would be good to determine why this happened. Download TrendMicro HijackThis.exe (HJT) to the desktop. * Double-click on HJTInstall. * Click on the Install button. * It will automatically place HJT in C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe. * Upon install, HijackThis should open for you. * Important! If using Windows Vista or Windows 7, close HijackThis. Now right-click HijackThis and Run As Administrator * Click on the Do a system scan and SAVE a log file button * HijackThis will scan and then a log will open in notepad. * Copy and then paste the entire contents of the log in your post. * Do not have HijackThis fix ANYTHING yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

Solve : Everytime I try to open a program, I'm prompted to "Open With"?

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So... I've looked at the criteria for posting and recieving help, and I've tried to download and run the programs necessary... but even when I try to do that, I still end up staring perplexed at the "Open With" window, and can't run the programs.

I'm not very software-savvy, so maybe there's something I'm missing that would seem obvious to someone else. Please help?

EDIT: I guess it might help if I told you that I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on a laptop, huh?Click on the link below, then look to the "EXE File Association Fix", and download the .zip file to your computer desktop.. Once there, unzip the file, then double click on the "xp_exe_fix.reg" file that is inside, CHOOSE "OK/Yes, when it asks "Are you sure?".. Restart the computer.. It should now run those problem programs and Control Panel icons.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htmThank you so much! Quote from: LadyViolet on APRIL 11, 2011, 05:47:56 PM

Thank you so much!

So it did work?

Now it would be good to determine why this happened.

Download TrendMicro HijackThis.exe (HJT) to the desktop.

* Double-click on HJTInstall.
* Click on the Install button.
* It will automatically place HJT in C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe.
* Upon install, HijackThis should open for you.
* Important! If using Windows Vista or Windows 7, close HijackThis. Now right-click HijackThis and Run As Administrator
* Click on the Do a system scan and SAVE a log file button
* HijackThis will scan and then a log will open in notepad.
* Copy and then paste the entire contents of the log in your post.
* Do not have HijackThis fix ANYTHING yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.

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