Doug Knox MS-MVP
March 31st 03, 03:36 PM
See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes, EXE File
Association. You may also want to run a full virus scan.
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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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> wrote in message
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> If I try to start programs through a shortcut, either on the desktop or in
the Program Menu,
> you get the error message "Program xxxxx.EXE can not be found". If a
program is not a shortcut,
> but the real thing you can start it just find.
>
> Also if you change the program executable from .EXE to .COM it works just
fine, even when
> using the shortcut.
>
>
>
Association. You may also want to run a full virus scan.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> wrote in message
...
> If I try to start programs through a shortcut, either on the desktop or in
the Program Menu,
> you get the error message "Program xxxxx.EXE can not be found". If a
program is not a shortcut,
> but the real thing you can start it just find.
>
> Also if you change the program executable from .EXE to .COM it works just
fine, even when
> using the shortcut.
>
>
>