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> > Temporary workaround: rename .exe file to anything else. Right click,
> > Open With, Other, (make sure All Files and not just Programs are
> > displayed at the bottom of the dialoge box), find your renamed file,
> > rename it .exe then open it. It should work. Its a lot of work but if
> > you have to get it open, that works for me.
> >
> >> I have tried all of the regitry edits coming from
> >> multiple sites as well as Microsoft's and JSI's. I've tried
> >> restarting after each change as well as completely shutting down.
> >> Nothing...
> >
> > There is a registry fix: linkfile_fix.reg
> >
> >> I'm afraid I will be reloading his workstation this weekend because of
> >> this. I was putting it off because there is usually a fix for any
> >> issue but this one is starting to take too long to find the
> >> resolution.
> >
> >
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/132017.html
> > When double clicking the xp_exe_fix.reg file, windows asks what to use
> > to open it. Go to select from list, then browse and find
> > C:\Windows\regedit.exe, select it and click ok, then double click
> > xp_exe_fix.reg again and it'll ask you if you want to add the info to
> > the registry. Click yes and reboot your computer. You should notice that
> > by going Start->my computer->C:\ and opening any one of the folders, all
> > of the programs appear normal again and will function correctly.
> >
> > If your desktop icons still have the *.lnk extension, run the
> > linkfile_fix.reg by double clicking it, then reboot again. make sure
> > everything seems back to normal and your all done!
> >
> > the specific locations for the files:
> >
> >
http://www.doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip
> >
> >
http://www.doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip
> >
>
> Update on this issue...
>
> I fixed it by finding this registry entry and noting it was different than
> others. I have no clue why this entry was the way it was but you can see
> below that it is associating .lnk with win.com although ALL other entries
> were correct. Including all of the .reg files noted from others. I
> completely deleted the "Application"="win.com" entry as most other
> extensions were listed with nothing there.
>
> Anyway, I wanted to post this in case someone else has the same issue. It
> can at least go into the google archives.
>
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> \FileExts\.lnk]
> "Application"="win.com"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> \FileExts\.lnk\OpenWithList]
> "a"="Navw32.exe"
> "MRUList"="fdeabc"
> "b"="mspaint.exe"
> "c"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
> "d"="CMD.EXE"
> "e"="command.com"
> "f"="win.com"
I wanted to confirm something - I'm new to Registry modification. This is what I have in it.
..lnk (on left), nothing on right. Should I have "Application"="win.com" on the right? Its blank
now. Do I put in the quotation marks?
OpenWithList (on left) a:REG_SZ:WORDPAD.EXE
b:REG_SZ
odcmd.exe
MRUList:REG_SZ:ba
I think the oodcmd is part of the O & O Defragmentation program.