On 2/17/10, Gene E. Bloch posted:
On 2/17/10, Dave-UK posted:
"Rod" wrote in message
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"Dave-UK" wrote in message
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"Rod" wrote in message
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The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the
file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run
exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't
figure out how to fix the damage.

If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit
is an exe file so I can't run it.

I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a
batch file but with no joy.

I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising
as Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing.
It gets killed off before it starts.

I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar
with Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright
ideas?



many thanks



Rod


The exe fix here is what you want:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html


That looks like the solution, many thanks. I can't try it at the moment as
am not near to the computer.

Won't the MERGE operation make a call to an exe?




I don't know about the Merge operation, but it fixed a problem I had when
somebody had associated exe files with Acrobat pdf files!

Which has recently happened here...Thanks for the fix, except I'm running Win
7. We'll see what happens.

Maybe not...I recall that this only happens in the download dialog when
I am working in Firefox. Windows Explorer is OK.

In hopes of a clue, I'll still research the registry entries you
pointed to. This is a new phenomenon, and my bit of research so far has
revealed very little to me :-)

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