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Name: G. Frederick
Date: July 24, 2000 at 08:24:28 Pacific
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Ok, here's the scoop. One of our employees, using Netscape, has associated the extension .exe to be opened with winzip32.exe. This is a Windows 95 machine.



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Response Number 1
Name: Th' Cat
Date: July 24, 2000 at 09:16:46 Pacific
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Try My Computer > View > File Types .. look for an entry for an EXE and delete... if not it is probably housed in the registry and you should just be able to restore the registry (instructions in Windows 95 manual)

Good luck!


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Response Number 2
Name: G. Frederick
Date: July 24, 2000 at 09:19:57 Pacific
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You can't delete it in there. The OS will not let me do it.


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Response Number 3
Name: ironman28
Date: July 24, 2000 at 10:49:36 Pacific
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if you can download a file get this one from my web site http://members.theglobe.com/ironman28/exe.reg
boot to DOS mode and type regedit.exe exe.reg
this should fix it if it doesnt email me back


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Response Number 4
Name: reghakr
Date: July 24, 2000 at 17:15:04 Pacific
Reply:

Backup the registry and/or export the keys.

Copy and paste between the lines into Notepad, name one exe.reg, the other exefile.reg, save to your desktop. Double-click to merge into the registry.

===============BEGIN CUT================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"
@="exefile"


=============END CUT=======================

===============BEGIN CUT================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
"EditFlags"=hex:d8,07,00,00
@="Application"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
@="&open"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"
=============END CUT=======================

reghakr


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Response Number 5
Name: Rod Velasquez
Date: May 29, 2001 at 18:43:06 Pacific
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I have various programs that require "winzip32exe." to open. I deleted the EXE file as suggested, did not work. Where can I fin this program?. Your help is greately appreciated.


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