Re: windows doesnt know what an exe is?!?!

You receive an error message when you try to start a program that has an .exe file name
extension
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837334

You Cannot Start Programs (.exe Files) When Your Computer Is Infected with the SirCam
Virus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=311446


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"Jobbl" <Jobbl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:823D77BF-B507-4199-9C90-86B5D7CD1B83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| suddenly i cannot open exe files, when i click on shortcuts to programs i
| have installed, windows asks me to choose which program opens *.exe, and i
| have to chooses from the list. when i browse to and select the program that
| the shortcut points to, it works, for most things. i also cannot create new
| shortcuts. when i try to i get 2 error messages:
| 1: rundll32.exe
| Application not found
|
| 2: Unable to create the file 'New Shortcut'
| File system error (16389)
|
| what the hell is causing this? it makes everyday computing nigh on
| impossible, and very, very time consuming.
| please help, as i couldnt find anything when i searched the KB


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