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All file extensions renamed to .ink
Name: tomhafe Date: July 4, 2009 at 05:33:15 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Installation
Comment:
I have a dell mini netbook w/ igb ram. Atom prosessor. I was trying to view a wmv file when i got a msg that I didn' have a required codec. An automatic windows media download was displayed to get the codec. Then all my file extensions were renamed to .ink..Now no programs will work. Restore, Explorer, Acronis all fail. Will not run setup.exe on the windows disc.
Name: tomhafe Date: July 5, 2009 at 08:16:45 Pacific
Reply:
No exe files will work, not even regedit. Can't even start setup.exe from dos.
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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf Date: July 5, 2009 at 09:52:51 Pacific
Reply:
tomhafe, If you can't access the Internet with the problem computer use another computer to download that .reg file fix I posted a link to in my previous reply. Download it to a CD, floppy, thumb drive, etc, the transfer it to the problem computer's hard drive then try this.
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.
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