I can't open many .exe files!

For some reason I can't run .exe files the way they should. This is what
happened:

I tried opening a downloaded file, and it asked a program to be opened
with. I thought I'd try opening it in Adobe Photoshop. As I thought it
failed, and I closed the program. However, now all .exe files tried
opening in Photoshop when running them! And rebooting my computer didn't
work either!

I noticed uninstalling Photoshop did the job. Everything was
functioning properly again. However, I still wanted to use Photoshop so
I re-installed it, and the old problem reappeared. Installing it in
another folder didn't work either. Then I got the idea of opening the
first file that caused the problem in a light weight program I was
planning on removing anyway, and then uninstall that.

In a way it worked, because .exe files don't open in any program
anymore, but now all .exe files open in an "open with" screen. I also
noticed that the box that says "always use the selected program to open
this kind of file" is 'gray', and it can't be checked.

Does anyone know this bizarre problem and how to fix it? Do you know an
other way to fix it that by formatting my hard disk and reinstalling
Vista?

Thanks in advance


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Check out this article. It will show you how to solve the problem.

http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
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"Baka Gaijin" wrote:

>
> For some reason I can't run .exe files the way they should. This is what
> happened:
>
> I tried opening a downloaded file, and it asked a program to be opened
> with. I thought I'd try opening it in Adobe Photoshop. As I thought it
> failed, and I closed the program. However, now all .exe files tried
> opening in Photoshop when running them! And rebooting my computer didn't
> work either!
>
> I noticed uninstalling Photoshop did the job. Everything was
> functioning properly again. However, I still wanted to use Photoshop so
> I re-installed it, and the old problem reappeared. Installing it in
> another folder didn't work either. Then I got the idea of opening the
> first file that caused the problem in a light weight program I was
> planning on removing anyway, and then uninstall that.
>
> In a way it worked, because .exe files don't open in any program
> anymore, but now all .exe files open in an "open with" screen. I also
> noticed that the box that says "always use the selected program to open
> this kind of file" is 'gray', and it can't be checked.
>
> Does anyone know this bizarre problem and how to fix it? Do you know an
> other way to fix it that by formatting my hard disk and reinstalling
> Vista?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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Thank you very much! :-)

Though the reg file in the link didn't work, I googled and found this
one:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...plication.html


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