From: "Robert Comer" 

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 longer -
>>> 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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