amthmi
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I've run into a strange problem on a friends pc.
First let me say he had the MTX virus on his pc.
I've removed the virus via the fixmtx.exe tool. It found 157 infected
files and fixed 154 of those files. The 3 that it didn't, I assumed
were wsock32.dll, explorer.exe, and rundll.exe which were
corrupted due to the virus. I extracted those files from the 98se cab files.
Reference:
http://www.pchell.com/virus/mtx.shtml
http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/pf/w95.mtx.html
Bottom line...I followed the instructions to the letter and
everything is fine now.
The problem: (which I don't believe is related to the mtx virus)
FYI items:
Windows98se and Office2000 are installed.
I was attempting to associate .rtf files with WordPad which
is (or should be) very easy to do.
Open explorer..shift right-click, open with and scroll to Wordpad
and check the box to always use bla bla bla...
This is where things get a little strange...
If you check the box to "always use bla.." it opens the rtf file in Word.
If you don't check the box it opens in Wordpad as it should.
I tried it a few times just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.
I went into folder options / file types and saw Rich Text Format listed.
It was associated with Word. I did edit it to be associated with Wordpad.
I thought I did it correctly by browsing to Wordpad's executable file.
It says (if you look at file types again) that it's set to open with Wordpad.
Oh let me add something about what happens when the "always use bla.."
is checked....Word opens but it doesn't open the file.
This isn't a huge problem just annoying (it's not my pc) and I'd like
to try and straighten it out. I'm going back over to his place tomorrow
so if anyone has an idea what may be causing this feel free to advise me.
Thanks..
First let me say he had the MTX virus on his pc.
I've removed the virus via the fixmtx.exe tool. It found 157 infected
files and fixed 154 of those files. The 3 that it didn't, I assumed
were wsock32.dll, explorer.exe, and rundll.exe which were
corrupted due to the virus. I extracted those files from the 98se cab files.
Reference:
http://www.pchell.com/virus/mtx.shtml
http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/pf/w95.mtx.html
Bottom line...I followed the instructions to the letter and
everything is fine now.
The problem: (which I don't believe is related to the mtx virus)
FYI items:
Windows98se and Office2000 are installed.
I was attempting to associate .rtf files with WordPad which
is (or should be) very easy to do.
Open explorer..shift right-click, open with and scroll to Wordpad
and check the box to always use bla bla bla...
This is where things get a little strange...
If you check the box to "always use bla.." it opens the rtf file in Word.
If you don't check the box it opens in Wordpad as it should.
I tried it a few times just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.
I went into folder options / file types and saw Rich Text Format listed.
It was associated with Word. I did edit it to be associated with Wordpad.
I thought I did it correctly by browsing to Wordpad's executable file.
It says (if you look at file types again) that it's set to open with Wordpad.
Oh let me add something about what happens when the "always use bla.."
is checked....Word opens but it doesn't open the file.
This isn't a huge problem just annoying (it's not my pc) and I'd like
to try and straighten it out. I'm going back over to his place tomorrow
so if anyone has an idea what may be causing this feel free to advise me.
Thanks..