Gero_Gero
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| help messed up applications open with...
not enough coffee and with eyes closed i clicked on the wrong thing i guess i was right clicking on an EXE , open with, and i clicked on one list, .... now all applications open with firefox. this is so annoying and i got to read my emails for work... ahhh... how do i disable this file association? |
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Gero_Gero
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had regseeker, so managed to run that using the same way i messed up EXE open with, regseeker, cant run regedit...
but i dont know what to search for in the registry |
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auggy
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join:2001-12-24
Brockville, ON | reply to Gero_Gero
If your Operating System is XP you could try the .exe file association in the following link:
»www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm |
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Gero_Gero
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thank you, but that didnt do it,
managed to run regedit, and i think the problem is here
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe
Application key is now set to firefox.exe
but i dont know what the default was explorer.exe just starts showing up a dialog "do you want to open (application name)" without running it.... |
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Gero_Gero
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ok i renamed that "application" key,
but now every program starts with RUN AS ... |
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ChiTang
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join:2002-08-23
Alhambra, CA
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said by Gero_Gero :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe
I don't have that key at all, may export that key and then delete it and C.
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I used to be indecisive, now I am not sure. |
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auggy
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Microsoft Help
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Also, can you identify your Operating System please - settings may be different for different Operating Systems.
The following MS KB article is for Windows Vista:
»support.microsoft.com/kb/950505 |
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Gero_Gero
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oh, sorry, its win XP
ok i deleted that key, but it still opens up RUN AS dialog... so now the problem is in the main exe association i guess |
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GeroGero
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thank you, yeah sorry, its XP
it sorta works now, but every time, applications start RUN AS, so i got to fix that now...
can someone please post these keys and subkeys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe |
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GeroGero
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ok thanks all,
fixed: »blog.jtbworld.com/2007/03/have-y···ion.html
i just imported the Windows Vista exe fix4.reg
seems to work just fine on xp too, we'll see  |
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bcastner
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There is also the free Symantec utility to repair the EXE file association in a comprehensive way. It uses an INF file approach:
»service1.symantec.com/Support/ts···08162039 |
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Oleg
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Birmingham, AL
1 edit | What does Norton Removal Tool has to do with file associations? |
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GeroGero
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crap, that only worked with regedit,
the rest of applications still are RUN AS, asking for permission,
man,
how do you disable this RUN AS ?
(secondary logon service) is disabled in my xp... |
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GeroGero
@rr.com | RUN AS
fixed:
in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open
delete/rename this key
LegacyDisable |
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