Broken EXE association on Windows XP, Vista and Seven


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Executable (.EXE) files are the programs you run for most tasks on a computer. Now and again someone reports that they have, in error, assigned some other program to the .EXE extension without first establishing a System Restore Point so they can recover from making this error. When that happens little will run on the computer. Instead, when an .EXE file is clicked some program will start and attempt to process that file instead.

A symptom of this often appears as shortcuts become .LNK files where the .LNK extension shows up and none of them work. This is all fixed in the registry.

Further Note: Before attempting any fixes listed here turn any anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, or other anti- program off or at least disable their active monitoring of the registry. Such programs may have caused the problem by "fixing" the registry for you and may attempt to prevent you from fixing it yourself.

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