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Ramesh, can't thank you enough. Lots of hours, many newsgroups and a few
sites later you have finally cracked it. I was running out of hair to pull
out by the roots!! Thanks for everything. Richard
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> Tappy,
>
> Click Start, Run and type COMMAND.COM
> Type REGEDIT (this should launch the Registry Editor)
> Navigate to the following registry key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe
>
> In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:
>
> * Application
> * ProgID
>
> Navigate to the following key:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.EXE
> Set the (default) value to "exefile" (Without quotes)
>
> Navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
> Set the (default) value to the following:
>
> "%1" %* (With quotes)
>
> Close Regedit.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Tappy Lapy" <TappyLapy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F7EF299-A303-4021-9589-C7ED72B64CD4@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Ramesh, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I already tried this
> > but
> > the restore facility only goes back to Setp 1st, which is after the
> > problem
> > started.n Regards Richard
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Use the "Run As" to launch the System Restore interface.
> >> (%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe)
> >>
> >> Use System Restore to Undo Changes if Problems Occur:
> >>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> >> Windows XP Shell/User
> >>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tappy Lapy" <TappyLapy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5E74B4F4-3E22-4471-8CBB-2DD34C630A92@microsoft.com...
> >> >I recently was prompted to open a file with the "open with" option and
> >> >chose
> >> > notepad.
> >> > Since then when windows loads, all of my prefetch programmes generate a
> >> > notepad box full of weird characters on the desktop and any attempt to
> >> > open a
> >> > file results in notepad opening a new box, but not the application.
> >> > I can get round this by right clicking the icon and using "run as" and
> >> > unchecking the "protect my computer" box.
> >> > Spyware & trojan hunters,anti virus software all come up with nothing.
> >> > Does anyone know how to reverse this? TIA
> >>
> >>
>
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