From: "Robert Comer" 

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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