I do dumb things- .exe problem

Okay okay, so this is what's going on. I have a worm... I get rid of said worm and go through the procedures to clean up the worm. One of the tasks was to run the registry editor, go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and change the default for the value type of .exe to "%1" %*. now certain programs won't execute, which makes me think this screwed something up, but I can't remember the original default value type. I was wondering if someone knew it for WindowsME. Thanks!

 

Sunbaby,

Welcome to TSG.

Before you edit your registry you should all ways create a backup.

So create one now and then try this;

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221512

 

Download Exefix.com from this site: http://home.earthlink.net/~rmbox/Reticulated/Only_IE.html

Doubleclick it, and it will restore the default Windows file associations for exefiles without the need of manually editing the Registry.

Good luck,

 

Running win98se and these are my default values. I would not think that these would change from system to system.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe "exefile

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile "application"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon "%1"

jm100dm

 

What Sunbaby is referring to, is the deafult value date for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

It's "%1" %*

However, the Exefix will rebuild the entire key, which is the best and safest way to restore the defaults.

 

I would go with Tony's advice. I was typing too slow I guess.

jm100dm