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can't run any exe
Name: dongsheng Date: January 10, 2009 at 16:33:29 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: 1.607 GHz / 2014 MB Product: Hewlett-packard / Hp pavilion dv9000 (ez468ua#aba) Subcategory: Spyware
Comment:
Hi,
After cleaning some virus and deletion of all temp files, I run into a problem that I can't seem to run any exe program from windows. It complains that it can't find the specific exe file, but it is actually there. I went into safe mode with command prompt, and was able to run the same program in the specific directory within the command window. I searched some of the website and looks like exefix08.com seems to be the solution for me, however I can't seem to find anywhere to download as it was old Please explain the overhead between windows and command prompt and how I can fix my problem here.
Name: Tufenuf Date: January 10, 2009 at 17:11:28 Pacific
Reply:
Go to the link below and scroll down to line 12 (left column) and click on "EXE (lnk and regfile) Fix for Windows XP" to download a reg file fix. Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt.
If you can't run the file do the following: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.exe and press Enter. Once regedit is open click File>Import and locate that reg file fix, hilite it and click Open.
Tufenuf
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Response Number 2
Name: dongsheng Date: January 10, 2009 at 19:51:01 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks a lot. It works perfectly. Is there any way for me to learn what's going on here?
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