Re: LNK extension makes exe files inoperable

"Harold W." <reply_to_newsgroup.thanks> wrote in
news:e13kWBWXFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Temporary workaround: rename .exe file to anything else. Right
> click, Open With, Other, (make sure All Files and not just Programs
> are displayed at the bottom of the dialoge box), find your renamed
> file, rename it .exe then open it. It should work. Its a lot of work
> but if you have to get it open, that works for me.

I fixed the .exe problem as soon as I started working on this client's
PC. I don't have that issue anymore. Just the .lnk.

>
>> I have tried all of the regitry edits coming from
>> multiple sites as well as Microsoft's and JSI's. I've tried
>> restarting after each change as well as completely shutting down.
>> Nothing...
>
> There is a registry fix: linkfile_fix.reg

I tried all of those files including the ones you noted below on that
other site. I also tried the solution noted by Microsoft and JSI. Still
no go...any other thoughts? Time is almost up for this problem as I'll
jsut reload it. As I said, it's a customer's workstation so I can't sit
in front of it for days on end....I just have to fix it one way or
another as fast as possible.

>
>> I'm afraid I will be reloading his workstation this weekend because
>> of this. I was putting it off because there is usually a fix for any
>> issue but this one is starting to take too long to find the
>> resolution.
>
> http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/132017.html
> When double clicking the xp_exe_fix.reg file, windows asks what to use
> to open it. Go to select from list, then browse and find
> C:\Windows\regedit.exe, select it and click ok, then double click
> xp_exe_fix.reg again and it'll ask you if you want to add the info to
> the registry. Click yes and reboot your computer. You should notice
> that by going Start->my computer->C:\ and opening any one of the
> folders, all of the programs appear normal again and will function
> correctly.
>
> If your desktop icons still have the *.lnk extension, run the
> linkfile_fix.reg by double clicking it, then reboot again. make sure
> everything seems back to normal and your all done!
>
> the specific locations for the files:
>
> http://www.doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip
>
> http://www.doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip
>

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