My computer no longer executes most commands!

I don't even know how I got online this morning. Almost everything I try to do, I get the message: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association Control Panel."

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I get this message if I try using "the last known good configuration feature" and if I try to use my virus scan software. Every fix I've thought of so far only results in the same message.

Any ideas? :mad::thepain::mad: :eek:

run Scandisk. Sounds like bad sectors on the hard disk to me.

Windows corruption, maybe virus-related. A possible fix is here:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/solved-this-file-does-not-have-a-program-associated-with-it-for-performing-this-act-211789.html

Perhaps if you try to ask nicely rather than commanding?

morning Sam--

check your private messages.

I had something similar; it was a virus. I was planning to upgrade anyway so I got Windows 7 and started over. Then I mounted the bad drive and virus-scanned it from the clean drive.

This is probably not the easiest, and certainly not the cheapest, way to handle a virus, though.

wolf;722810 wrote:

Perhaps if you try to ask nicely rather than commanding?

Heheh, that's about all I could come with, too.:D

Undertoad;722808 wrote:

Windows corruption, maybe virus-related. A possible fix is here:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/solved-this-file-does-not-have-a-program-associated-with-it-for-performing-this-act-211789.html

That fix didn't work, but another one there did. Thanks for turning me on to the site, UT! :)

What was the fix?

mbpark;723443 wrote:

What was the fix?

From Ut's site:

wrote:

Press Start>Run and type cmd in the box and press OK.
At the command prompt type cd c:\windows and press return.
Type copy regedit.exe regedit.com and press return.
type regedit.cm and press return. You should now be in the registry editor. On the menu bar click file and select export. Save the registry as registry.bak.

If Registry Editor opened successfully, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile \ shell \ open \ command.
Double-click the (Default) value in the right hand pane and delete the current value data, and then type:
"%1" %* exactly as shown including the quotes and asterisk.
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
In the right-hand pane, set (default) to exefile
Exit the Registry Editor.

Worked like a charm! ;)