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how EXE files are handled
I need to know how exe files are opened in windows,i mean all files other
than exe files are opened with an exe files but how exe files are opened and by which dll or system files.I ask this question because a virus ran into my computer and whenever i tried to open a system exe file Open With dialogue appeared and showed me the available programs for opening this exe file. |
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how EXE files are handled
Go below and click on EXE file Association Fix.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm "Mammad DN" wrote in message ... I need to know how exe files are opened in windows,i mean all files other than exe files are opened with an exe files but how exe files are opened and by which dll or system files.I ask this question because a virus ran into my computer and whenever i tried to open a system exe file Open With dialogue appeared and showed me the available programs for opening this exe file. |
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how EXE files are handled
Go below and click on EXE file Association Fix.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm "Mammad DN" wrote in message ... I need to know how exe files are opened in windows,i mean all files other than exe files are opened with an exe files but how exe files are opened and by which dll or system files.I ask this question because a virus ran into my computer and whenever i tried to open a system exe file Open With dialogue appeared and showed me the available programs for opening this exe file. |
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how EXE files are handled
EXE (executable or program) files are not opened by any other program or dll, but are
sent directly to the CPU to be executed or "run". In the registry, non-executable files such as .doc or .txt files are associated with a program via a replaceable parameter in the registry after a command-line to open that program. This replaceable parameter is represented by "%1" in the registry after the command-line to open the program that, in turn, opens the .doc (or other non-executable) file. So, in the registry under the command entry for .txt files, for instance, you'd get the following line : C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe %1 ....where the "%1" replaceable parameter would be "replaced", by Windows, with the path to the .txt file to be opened. With .EXE files, which do not need any other file to open [execute] them, all you get in the registry to associate with them is the replaceable parameter itself - "%1" - meaning to just execute itself and NOT be preceded by a program name such as notepad.exe in the above example. As I can see you are using OE to access this newsgroup, I will attach a simple registry file that contains the correct association for .EXE files (i.e : just "%1"). Just double click on this file and answer [ok] to import it. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Mammad DN" wrote in message ... I need to know how exe files are opened in windows,i mean all files other than exe files are opened with an exe files but how exe files are opened and by which dll or system files.I ask this question because a virus ran into my computer and whenever i tried to open a system exe file Open With dialogue appeared and showed me the available programs for opening this exe file. |
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