.EXEs wont work !

[Xiahou]

Ok,

My friend has a major problem.

Basicly, his bro done something on the pc, he said it worked fine. When my friend went on it, it wasn't working (his bro wont say what he done, obviously he caused the problem..)

Anyway, when he tries to run .exe things, it doesnt work. He can get onto my computer, but cant even get onto msconfig, system restore..

It just says, "Open with.." .

(He has Win XP Home edition)

I think his binary files are messed up, and he needs to format completely.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

Thanks if you can help.

Cheers

 

[Alex81388]

Format.

 

[Xiahou]

is there any progs that 'fix' this kinda thing?


http://pcmightymax.net/cgi-bin/view.cgi/pcweb201/download.html


for example.

 

[brady]

You may just need to associate file extensions.
You can also try to create a new admin account and see if its still messed up.

or...

You can fix this quickly by running a repair on this machine.

 

[Nitestick]

try running a repair from the xp disc

 

[SHAWN]

Repair install instructions are in my signature