My friend has Windows XP Home Edition and his .exe and .com file associations were deleted. I can't open command.com, regedit.exe, notepad.exe, .reg files, or system restore. His computer didn't come with any backup CDs. What can he do?!

Try http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837334&Product=winxp. HTH Bryan

orangutang, Go to the link below and download the "Fixswen.inf" file to a floppy disc then transfer the floppy to the problem computer and run it. Save the fixswen.inf file to your local hard disk (in this case the floppy disk), right-click on the file and choose install. " Setup INF file to undo registry changes made by W32/Swen@MM and other threats that prevent REGEDIT, BAT, COM, EXE, PIF, REG and SCR files from running". It has worked well for many others with the same problem. Fixswen Tool Note: If the problem computer can access the Internet just have your friend download it and run it. HTH, Tufenuf