exe files will not run

Hi, I downloaded the fix and ran it, but still get nothing when click exe file. The window bar at the top of the folder flashes as if it is trying to do something, but then stops and nothing else happens. Thanks for the reply

Thank you for notifying about that virus. Maybe to use some antivirus next time. Basically companies are dealing with those kinds of issues so you can do some other stuff and its not needed then to run regedit etc.
lol
But anyway thanks for notifying. I use Bitdefender for now and its quite good but its not the fastest. But nor the Norton or something similar is fast to be honest. You will need some good machine for it.
Regards.

Hi a friend of mine sent me this to have a look at:-

Look like you're missing these two...for your open and runas commands...notice the \ on either side in this as opposed to yours...

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

If you want to try it - or wait till after hours - navigate to those in the registry (Start->Run->Regedit)

and you want to alter the Default value (that's what the @ points to).

I'm 99% certain it wouldn't effect anything (thus I'll leave it up to you to decide on that last 1% .

Basically this is necessary to encapsulate the path\file of your executables in quotes so that it can take into account the paths/files with spaces in the name.

Can you do
Start->Run->%systemroot%\notepad.exe
or copy an exe to the root of the drive and run it? That would confirm the above is the problem..

I checked my Reg values and altered them to the same as above and my exe files are now opening. I presume my registry must have become corrupted at some point??
Thankyou very much both for your help. Your time and effort is very much appreciated.Best wishes

After doing the above and restarting I discovered I couldnt open program files even though I could now open exe files saved to my pc!!! I changed the values back to the original but noticed that the end set of parenthesis were missing in my registry entry so added them. Ican now open programs and exe files, but am getting access denied on regedit / run!! I am going to run the repair and see if it helps at all. If not then I will come back again for any further suggestions. Thanks

Okay, I ran chkdsk, it did nothing. I tried system restore way back, but did nothing. After adding the " to the end of the values in regedit, I could open both programs and exe files on the PC, however got error messages when I tried to use run for anything (first was asked if wanted to add to registry and then message saying disk error). so I have restored my reg values back to original "%1" %*
and I am now back to square one!! everything works normally except I cannot open any exe files. I ran the regfix in the first post, but it did nothing. Many thanks

galadriel2x, Go to the link below and scroll down to line 12 (left column) and click on "EXE (lnk and regfile) Fix for Windows XP" to download a reg file fix. Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

You may also want to try the free tool called "Remove Restrictions Tool (RRT)" which is available at the link below.

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/06/28/restore-task-manager-regedit-and-folder-options-disabled-by-virus/

Your problem may very well be virus/malware related. Update your virus definitions and run a full virus scan and also run Ad-aware or similar spyware programs.

Tufenuf

Hi Tefenuf, The first answer I received already gave me a download link for a reg file fix which I used and it did not help. I already did a full virus scan and adaware removal before posting. I ran the reg fix file you recommended but still it did not help. The problem with downloading and using the RRT in safe mode is that it is an exe file and my whole problem is that I cannot run exe files at the moment unless I run them instead of saving them. I cant do that if I need to run it in safe mode. Thanks for the help. Any other suggestions gratefully received.

Someone has suggested I try a windows repair with the winxp disk. If I do this, do I lose any applications, data, files etc, or does my PC stay as it is apart from the reg repair please? (also is this likely to work?) Many thanks

I didnt get any answers to my last question, so I went ahead and tried it anyway. It appears to have worked for now at least. Thanks for replies received. Best wishes

Ok,this happened to me about 3 weeks ago. And at this stage I think i tried everything i can think of.
SOME programs just don't start,blink for a second and that's it.If repair the installation or do reinstall it works but after closing same thing happens again. Only clue that sometime prior i installed .NET2 and at some point msxml installation had to be repeated.
tried:
1)Ran - McAffee stinger, adaware,went through hijackthis-log,turned off DPE,uninstalled ZoneAlarm.
2)checked exefile values
3)Updated Nvidia drivers,removed epson and hp drivers.
4)updated msxml,it was failing, re-tried a couple of times, found some solution about using gupdate this and
5)nvidia gave me a freezing desktop (massacred registry,regarding permissions,etc - reinstalled SP2 instead of the original disk(coz last time i did that i eventually ended up reinstalling the whole lot).
6)got shexview.exe, checked if there are any hooks conflicting or something at some point pretty much disabled everything.
7)found somewhere that Java 6.2 can cause something similar and that installshield depends on that, re-installed that and .NET2 for a laugh as well.

Still nothing.

I am kind off running out of ideas,bu t i'm coinvinced and don't know why, that the problem has something to do with installer.

If someone could throw a suggestion at me, I am all ears.