Solve : exe don't work?

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Answer» I have windows xp sp3 and when i create another account (doesn't matter with what PRIVILEGES) my exe files don't work. I downloaded some xp_exe_fix.reg but when i execute it says "error accessing the registry". What should i do? I have access to an administrator account in which exe files work and if you ask if i really need another account then the answer is YES.Anybody?Are you an admin on the machine? What other software are you running? antivirus...SPYWARE software...etc... Be very careful with the following. I have not tested it. Login as Administrator in safe mode. C:\>attrib /? Displays or changes file attributes. - Clears an attribute. C:\>attrib -R /s /D .exe I'm KIND of afraid to try it but can i get the changes back if i set a system restore point?I have no clue why billrich is suggesting UNIX commands to fix your issues here... 1) How are you creating these user accounts that won't run .exe's ? ? 2) What .exe's are these or is it with all of them ? ? 3) What type of restrictions are you placing on these User accounts ? ? 4) Have you tried creating a new User account with full priveledges and tested it ? ?I create these accounts by entering "user accounts" in control panel and i click "create a new account". None of the exe files don't work. I tried making the accounts limited and admin privileges but it still the same. Patio Clone wrote: Quote I have no clue why billrich is suggesting UNIX commands to fix your issues here... 1) How are you creating these user accounts that won't run .exes ? 2) What .exes are these or is it with all of them ? ? 3) What type of restrictions are you placing on these User accounts ? 4) Have you tried creating a new User account with full privileges and tested it ? Bill Clone explains: I have about 30 UNIX commands that were complied for Windows and the commands work perfectly. The Ghost Clone recently gave me Sed and it works perfectly. Patio Clone's focus on the creation of the accounts and the privileges given the new account is most likely the correct solution. My focus with Chmod 777 was to grant everyone the privilege of execution of all .exe files is too dangerous even if it would work. Keep up the good work Patio Clone and let us all know when you fix the "no execution of .exe files." Bill Clone You may fool with UNIX commands all you like but to post an alleged solution that you yourself didn't even test is IRRESPONSIBLE at best. These are people's machines we are assisting on here and you need to keep that in mind... And you can refer to yourself and others as clones all you like but i am respectfully requesting that you refrain from it in reference to me. patio.can you open registry editor? (or does this fail due to it being an exe?) if so try navigating to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command the (default) value should be Code: [SELECT]"%1" % I can't access it cause it is exe, just as you said. But i can access it in my admin account where the exe works.Did you try creating a new User account yet ?Yes I tried it with admin privileges and its not working Try This Fix If this does not work you may be seriously infected...Ok, i tried the first method and it doesn't work. In the second method, when it says navigate to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe",igo there, click .exe and i get an error message Code: [Select]Cannot open .exe: Error while opening key I went to my working account and the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe and everything was fine. Can anything be done?

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I have windows xp sp3 and when i create another account (doesn't matter with what PRIVILEGES) my exe files don't work. I downloaded some xp_exe_fix.reg but when i execute it says "error accessing the registry". What should i do? I have access to an administrator account in which exe files work and if you ask if i really need another account then the answer is YES.Anybody?Are you an admin on the machine? What other software are you running? antivirus...SPYWARE software...etc...

Be very careful with the following. I have not tested it. Login as Administrator in safe mode.

C:\>attrib /?
Displays or changes file attributes.

- Clears an attribute.

C:\>attrib -R /s /D *.exe

I'm KIND of afraid to try it but can i get the changes back if i set a system restore point?I have no clue why billrich is suggesting UNIX commands to fix your issues here...
1) How are you creating these user accounts that won't run .exe's ? ?
2) What .exe's are these or is it with all of them ? ?
3) What type of restrictions are you placing on these User accounts ? ?
4) Have you tried creating a new User account with full priveledges and tested it ? ?I create these accounts by entering "user accounts" in control panel and i click "create a new account". None of the exe files don't work. I tried making the accounts limited and admin privileges but it still the same. Patio Clone wrote:

Quote

I have no clue why billrich is suggesting UNIX commands to fix your issues here...
1) How are you creating these user accounts that won't run .exes ?
2) What .exes are these or is it with all of them ? ?
3) What type of restrictions are you placing on these User accounts ?
4) Have you tried creating a new User account with full privileges and tested it ?

Bill Clone explains:

I have about 30 UNIX commands that were complied for Windows and the commands work perfectly. The Ghost Clone recently gave me Sed and it works perfectly.

Patio Clone's focus on the creation of the accounts and the privileges given the new account is most likely the correct solution.

My focus with Chmod 777 was to grant everyone the privilege of execution of all *.exe files is too dangerous even if it would work.

Keep up the good work Patio Clone and let us all know when you fix the "no execution of *.exe files."

Bill Clone

You may fool with UNIX commands all you like but to post an alleged solution that you yourself didn't even test is IRRESPONSIBLE at best.

These are people's machines we are assisting on here and you need to keep that in mind...

And you can refer to yourself and others as clones all you like but i am respectfully requesting that you refrain from it in reference to me.

patio.can you open registry editor? (or does this fail due to it being an exe?)

if so try navigating to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

the (default) value should be

Code: [SELECT]"%1" %*

I can't access it cause it is exe, just as you said.
But i can access it in my admin account where the exe works.Did you try creating a new User account yet ?Yes I tried it with admin privileges and its not working

Try This Fix

If this does not work you may be seriously infected...Ok, i tried the first method and it doesn't work. In the second method, when it says navigate to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe",igo there, click .exe and i get an error message

Code: [Select]Cannot open .exe: Error while opening key
I went to my working account and the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe and everything was fine. Can anything be done?

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