From: "Robert Comer" 

No problem!

- Bob Comer (I like it when things work in this business. )


"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:opshvwe71m2hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
> 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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