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allen
August 15th 05, 12:31 PM
windows xp starts up ok but when you click on any application it fails to
run, and says cant find the file to run this program
i cant run any exe or com files
cant run system restore
same problem if i boot to safe mode
TaurArian [MVP]
August 15th 05, 12:37 PM
Windows® XP File Association Fixes
Copyright 2003 - Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
You can download a fix for the exe & com files there.
Good site on SR issues
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
Also consider when you are able to, a virus scan
Perhaps an online security/virus check
Symantec
http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
Trend Micro House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Panda ActiveScan;
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
McAfee FreeScan:
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
BitDefender Online Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Free anti virus programs
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl7.php
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
"allen" > wrote in message
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> windows xp starts up ok but when you click on any application it fails to
> run, and says cant find the file to run this program
>
> i cant run any exe or com files
>
> cant run system restore
>
> same problem if i boot to safe mode
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