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    Help please! I can't open .exe files!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Icazo, Nov 29, 2012.

  1. Icazo

    Icazo Newbie

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    Hello.
    I can't open .exe files.
    Everything is opening in WordPad.
    Is there any way to fix it?
     
    Icazo, Nov 29, 2012
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  2. Icazo

    Icazo Newbie

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    No, it's not. It's something with association. It happened when i renamed .exe file to something else and then i pressed ''open in''. Then i renamed file back to .exe and oppened it in WordPad.
    (sorry for my bad english)
     
    Icazo, Nov 29, 2012
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  3. JOSEA

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    JOSEA, Nov 29, 2012
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  4. Icazo

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    Icazo, Nov 29, 2012
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    Well technically you don't open an .exe file unless you really want to open it in a hex editor. You run .exe files. Are you saying that when you double click on an exe file it opens in Wordpad? What do you see there? if that is true you truly have a big problem. Do what post #2 recommends.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Nov 29, 2012
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  6. Primes

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    In your start menu under all programs, click on "Default Programs".
    Now look in "set default programs", or "associate a file type". look for wordpad and un-associate it from opening .exe files.
     
    Primes, Nov 29, 2012
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  7. Icazo

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    I already scanned it. No viruses found.
    BTW, i found way to open .exe files- through sandbox (i'm using Comodo antivirus)
    Isn't there any way to fix it through CMD? i found that: https://www.box.com/s/u4g37euzvveqifpe50xi
    but it's only for XP.

    EDIT
    I see only some symbols like arrows, and others.
     
    Icazo, Nov 29, 2012
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    Icazo, Nov 30, 2012
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