From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Bob,

Thanks, got it fixed. Opened my editor by clicking on a .txt file, entered
your lines in a .reg file and clicked on it and... voila!

Thanks again.

- Thees Peereboom

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:03:15 -0500, Robert Comer
 wrote:

> You can try renaming to .com as I said for the other exe, and if that
> doesn't work, you may be able to do a remote registry editing from
> another
> PC.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> news:opshvte5na2hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
>> Bob,
>>
>> Thanks. Problem is how to get those keys into the registry since
>> regedit.exe won't werk.
>>
>> - Thees Peereboom
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:31:00 -0500, Robert Comer
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Try renaming it to .com, that might get past your association problem.
>>>
>>> Anyway, here's the registry entries you have to be concerned about
>>> changing -- if .exe's are whacked, probably others are as well:
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
="\"%1\" %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\comfile\shell\open\command]
="\"%1\" %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command]
="\"%1\" %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htafile\Shell\Open\Command]
="\"%1\" %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\shell\open\command]
="\"%1\" %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\batfile\shell\open\command]
>>> ="\"%1\"
>>>
>>> %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\comfile\shell\open\command]
>>> ="\"%1\"
>>>
>>> %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command]
>>> ="\"%1\"
>>>
>>> %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\htafile\Shell\Open\Command]
>>> ="\"%1\"
>>>
>>> %*"
>>>
>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\piffile\shell\open\command]
>>> ="\"%1\"
>>>
>>> %*"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (Watch for line wrap on the above stuff.)
>>>
>>> - Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
>>> news:opshvpotb02hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>> Gary,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks - I'll look around on the MSFT-site (BTW - If it's
>>>> 'associate.exe'
>>>> I won't be able to start it...)
>>>>
>>>> - Thees Peereboom
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:18:32 -0500, Gary Britt

>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thees, I've got a program that came, I think with the
Win2K resource
>>>>> kit
>>>>> called "associate", its a command line tool
that allows one to easily
>>>>> set
>>>>> up, delete, or change file associations.  I could
email it to you if
>>>>> you
>>>>> don't have a copy of the Win2K resource kit available somewhere.
>>>>> Haven't
>>>>> ever tried it on XP, but it works with Win2K and Win
98.  You might
>>>>> even
>>>>> be
>>>>> able to download it free from microsoft.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> "Thees Peereboom" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:opshvndddb2hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Somehow my desktop crashed and now I can't start
.exe file any
>>>>>> onger  -
>>>>>> every time I try to start an application, it opens
with notepad...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've had this before and know that I should be
able to register .exe
>>>>>> again, but don't know how. Some guidance would really be
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Thees Peereboom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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