Recently Stopped Running .exe Files
Jun 19, 2006My laptop has recently stopped running .exe files.Now whenever I try to run a .exe file, windows prompts me what program do I want to open it with.Does anyone know what's going on here?
View 7 RepliesMy laptop has recently stopped running .exe files.Now whenever I try to run a .exe file, windows prompts me what program do I want to open it with.Does anyone know what's going on here?
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I recently upgraded, these are my PC specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7750
RAM: 2GB OGZ PC6400 800Mhz
GPU: GeForce 7950GTX 512mb
HD: Samsung 160GB SataII
DVDROM: Samsung DVD+RW
PSU: Tagan 580watt
MOBO: Gigabyte DS3R
O/S: WinXP SP2
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