I downloaded Nero 7 trial version and when i clicked on the file to install it , it WOULD not launch the exe file,rather it was asking me with which program i would like to use to open the file,this has never happened b4 with my pc cos normally this Nero exe file would just start installing after i clicked on it.
I then right clicked on the file to see if i could find out what's wrong with it and i came to see that the file format was not indicating that it is exe file, rather the format was only showing just "FILE" which is strange to me.
i thought this was problem with Nero 7 ,but to be SURE i downloaded another exe file and the same problem occurred, i have download about three exe file programs and yet i cant install any of them .I have tried to download a video clip to see if the problem is associated wit only exe files and the video played quite ok,so it seem this is exe file problem only.
few days b4 i noticed this problem, i had downloaded and used tweakxp , i strongly suspect this is what had messed up my pc , so i have uninstalled , but the problem still remains.
i would appreciate if there is solution to my problem.

thanks . Have you tried a System Restore to a previous date before all of this started happening?I did restore the pc to the day b4 i installed tweakxp and it didnt solve the problem , thanks for trying to help though , anyone else with some solution ? Is it a ZIP file? often with ZIP files you will need a program such as WinZip, to open them, sorta like a PDF needs adobe acrobat reader Quote from: j-rock1022 on September 28, 2007, 09:38:05 AM

Is it a ZIP file? often with ZIP files you will need a program such as WinZip, to open them, sorta like a PDF needs adobe acrobat reader

Have you tried renaming the file to include the .exe extension?
This sounds like something you have done in tweakxp and you may have to re-install tweakxp to undo it.
Also try downloading the file to your temp directory instead of your desktop.