Lost file association with exe files

The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the file
association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run exe files.
I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't figure out how
to fix the damage.

If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is an
exe file so I can't run it.

I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a batch
file but with no joy.

I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising as
Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing. It
gets killed off before it starts.

I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar with
Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright ideas?



many thanks



Rod

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
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> "Rod" <> wrote in message
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>> The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the
>> file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run
>> exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't
>> figure out how to fix the damage.
>>
>> If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is
>> an exe file so I can't run it.
>>
>> I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a
>> batch file but with no joy.
>>
>> I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising
>> as Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing.
>> It gets killed off before it starts.
>>
>> I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar
>> with Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>> many thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Rod
>>
>
> The exe fix here is what you want:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>

That looks like the solution, many thanks. I can't try it at the moment as
am not near to the computer.

Won't the MERGE operation make a call to an exe?

On 2/17/10, Dave-UK posted:
> "Rod" <> wrote in message
> news:uc$...
>>
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
>> news:CM6dnazx0q7JK-...
>>>
>>> "Rod" <> wrote in message
>>> news:#...
>>>>
>>>> The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the
>>>> file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run
>>>> exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't
>>>> figure out how to fix the damage.
>>>>
>>>> If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is
>>>> an exe file so I can't run it.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a
>>>> batch file but with no joy.
>>>>
>>>> I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising
>>>> as Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing.
>>>> It gets killed off before it starts.
>>>>
>>>> I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar
>>>> with Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> many thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rod
>>>>
>>>
>>> The exe fix here is what you want:
>>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>>
>>
>> That looks like the solution, many thanks. I can't try it at the moment as
>> am not near to the computer.
>>
>> Won't the MERGE operation make a call to an exe?
>>
>>
>>

> I don't know about the Merge operation, but it fixed a problem I had when
> somebody had associated exe files with Acrobat pdf files!

Which has recently happened here...Thanks for the fix, except I'm
running Win 7. We'll see what happens.

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Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

On 2/17/10, Gene E. Bloch posted:
> On 2/17/10, Dave-UK posted:
>> "Rod" <> wrote in message
>> news:uc$...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
>>> news:CM6dnazx0q7JK-...
>>>>
>>>> "Rod" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:#...
>>>>>
>>>>> The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the
>>>>> file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run
>>>>> exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't
>>>>> figure out how to fix the damage.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit
>>>>> is an exe file so I can't run it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried tricks like running it from command line or from inside a
>>>>> batch file but with no joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also made a copy and called it regedit.com. This looked promising
>>>>> as Vista asked for user permission to run the program, but then nothing.
>>>>> It gets killed off before it starts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not familiar with the particular machine, nor am I very familiar
>>>>> with Vista and I am now at a loss as to how to proceed. Any bright
>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> many thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rod
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The exe fix here is what you want:
>>>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> That looks like the solution, many thanks. I can't try it at the moment as
>>> am not near to the computer.
>>>
>>> Won't the MERGE operation make a call to an exe?
>>>
>>>
>>>

>> I don't know about the Merge operation, but it fixed a problem I had when
>> somebody had associated exe files with Acrobat pdf files!

> Which has recently happened here...Thanks for the fix, except I'm running Win
> 7. We'll see what happens.

Maybe not...I recall that this only happens in the download dialog when
I am working in Firefox. Windows Explorer is OK.

In hopes of a clue, I'll still research the registry entries you
pointed to. This is a new phenomenon, and my bit of research so far has
revealed very little to me :-)

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