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Please help

by crzysexyred May 28, 2010 10:08PM PDT

My PC (an aspir 1 its an acer) does not recognize rundll or .exe files i am trying o download and run a registry cleaner but all that i have found are .exe files hence my problem can anyone tell me how to fix this? Bear in mind i am a novice i know the basics and a little more than that so please be gentle.... Any help would be greatly appreciated....

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Which Windows?

by MarkFlax Forum moderator May 28, 2010 10:11PM PDT

XP, Vista or Win 7?

If this is Windows XP, goto http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm and find his "EXE File Association fix". Download that, and read his instructions for using it.

It should re-associate Windows .exe files correctly.

Do not use Registry Cleaners!

Mark

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Re: Please help

by Tufenuf May 29, 2010 12:18AM PDT

crzysexyred, If it's Windows Vista or Windows 7 download the EXE File Association Fix from the appropriate link below and follow the instructions on the page.

File association fixes for Windows Vista
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

File Association Fixes for Windows 7
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-7/

Tufenuf

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