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Help! I got a virus and now can’t open exe files?
Question : Help! I got a virus and now can’t open exe files?
Somehow I got a virus that seriously messed my computer up. After 2 days of using bit-defender, malware-bytes, and home-call I finally got the virus out of my system. The virus had infected two files: mschrt20ex.dll and MSDERUN.exe. When my computer deleted these two files I thought I had won. When I restarted my computer, no exes will run. I am using Win 7 64 bit Home Premium. Any time I click on an exe it pops up a message ‘file type not recognized, choose the program you want to open the file.’ I have tried the various registry entries and those did not work. I know that exe files do work however, because I can get into a few if I ‘back door’ it. For example, I can open my internet by telling windows to search for the exe file association on-line. So my internet runs, but no other programs work. I don’t have a backup disk for my computer. It is still under warranty, but I have valuable info on here that I don’t want to lose. Any suggestions?
I can’t open ANY exe files. system restore is an exe
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Best answer:
Answer by larry_bob18
i would use the microsoft system restore and take it back a few days before the virus. this wont touch your data. just the things that were installed
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type “command.com” , and then press Enter. (A DOS window opens.)
3. Type the following:
“cd”
“cd windows”
Press Enter after typing each one.
4. Type copy “regedit.exe regedit.com” and then press Enter.
5. Type “start regedit.com” and then press Enter.
6. Navigate to and select the key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopencommand
7. In the right pane, double-click the (Default) value.
8. Delete the current value data, and then type:
“%1″ %*
Tip: Type the characters: quote-percent-one-quote-space-percent-asterisk.
9. Close Regedit utility.