I cant open exe files on my computer. It comes up with the notice that It cant find a program for it on my computer and it I want to manually search for a program or use a web service to find an appropriate program. The web service button dont work.
View 3 RepliesExactly as the file says. I try to open a drive to search through it.. such as the c: drive.. and it will do a little processing.. and it will open the browser to the 'search' program instead of opening my drive. Same goes for every file on my computer! Eek! Anybody got any ideas? I may have f*$&ed something up when I was trying to change the default folder and drive icons in the Folder Options. Anybody! This is rather detrimental to my computers health lol! help!!
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AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: oggsplitter.ax
ModVer: 1.0.0.0 Offset: 00007732
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As soon as I try to open any exe files on my system the windows tell me that I need to choose a program to associate the file with
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Any ideas?
Can't open Search in xp.
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