[DCM1519]

My Windows 7 installation has been running well but when I booted up a while ago and tried to use Windows Explorer, an error message popped up. It said "this file does not have a program associated with it....." and then went on to say "Create an association in default program control panel".

I tried this but did not find a way to associate it with any program. I would not know what to associate it with anyway.

I tried a "repair installation" by booting to the Windows 7 CD and it went through the process but did not fix this problem. I did not see any attempt to repair it after the reboot. It did say there was a problem with Windows 7 but only said to reboot. I could have gone back to the Windows CD on the reboot since I am running a dual boot setup but did not think that would help.

I am running a dual boot with Windows XP.

Anyone know how to fix this?

[DCM1519]

I just restored this.

Before I posted this, I searched for a fix and could not find anything.

After posting, I used different search terms and found many others with the same problem which was missing registry entries.

Luckily, I watched a TV movie and then had a thought. Before this happened, I had just run Check-It registry cleaner and then later rebooted. That is when the problem started.

I opened Check-It again and restored the entries it had deleted and all is well now. It is running perfectly again.

I had disk images but the most recent was four days old. Now, it is not needed at this time.

[DaveA]

These registry cleaners will get you almost every time.
You will find that there is NOT a lot of people around here are in favor of using them.