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Answer» I recently downloaded a game, This registry fix may prove to be useful. Doubt it. If that was the case no EXE files would run. Including the browser. I'm sure the answer to Allan's post will make the problem more clear.I use that registry fix quite often when some malware has changed the default .exe to be run as something else. You don't know what you're talking about Quote from: OpenSource on November 03, 2010, 01:45:56 PM I use that registry fix quite often when some malware has changed the default .exe to be run as something else. You don't know what you're talking about Yes. We know what it does. But that's simply useless here. Consider the following: your regedit SCRIPT restores the EXE association. Without an appropriate EXE association, Executables cannot be directly started by running their shortcuts. Browsers are started using those shortcuts. Lastly, I doubt they would only notice that they cannot run a program they just downloaded. I imagine the fact that the browser won't start would sort of preclude such observations anyway. Chances are, it's an archive of some type that they don't have a program to handle; or their ZIP association could be broken, or any number of things. Would your registry script "fix" a broken EXE association? Yes. Nobody is debating that. But it's highly doubtful their EXE association is broken to begin with, you're making assumptions about the file type in question and the implications of that assumption are more far-reaching then the fact that they cannot open a single downloaded file, and would mean they should be encountering any number of other problems. Again, Once they convey the file extension/file type of the file that refuses to open, less generic and presumptive advice can be administered.I've seen this happen with corrupted/incomplete downloads. Try downloading the program again.So after redownloading it and it doing the same thing I noticed something.... It was saved as .rar or something. So I changed it to .exe and it solved the problem. Thanks for all the responses though =) maybe this can HELP someone else Quote from: simonwa on November 29, 2010, 02:33:32 PM So after redownloading it and it doing the same thing I noticed something.... Your kidding...right ? ? Since when can you change a RAR to an .exe and make it run ? ? BTW please remove the sponsor link from your sig... Which i believe was the motivation behind this tale of woe. patio. Moderator.Quote from: patio on November 29, 2010, 03:26:11 PM Your kidding...right ? ?Yes, that is definitely a load of ....umm I changed the file type a few days AGO, I don't remember what the exact extension was. sounds like it wasn't rar. But the point is, it wasn't ".EXE" either. |
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