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10-09-2009
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| Vista Home Premium | Can't open programs Hi yesterday i couldn't open a program so i chose "Open as" and didn't realize i had "always use this program for all files" and now nothing at all will open except my browser and everything is saved as a .EXE file i have windows vista and need help thanks. Also whenever i try and download something it saves as a .EXE PS: Im not too tecky so bit by bit instructions would be nice  |
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10-09-2009
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| Vista 32 win 7 7600 32 bit | Re: Can't open programs  Quote: Originally Posted by MyPcIsOnFire  Hi yesterday i couldn't open a program so i chose "Open as" and didn't realize i had "always use this program for all files" and now nothing at all will open except my browser and everything is saved as a .EXE file i have windows vista and need help thanks. Also whenever i try and download something it saves as a .EXE PS: Im not too tecky so bit by bit instructions would be nice what was the name of the file you clicked on (its extension *.???) ? was it an application? ken |
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10-09-2009
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| Vista Home Premium | Re: Can't open programs Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143 Quote: Originally Posted by MyPcIsOnFire Hi yesterday i couldn't open a program so i chose "Open as" and didn't realize i had "always use this program for all files" and now nothing at all will open except my browser and everything is saved as a .EXE file i have windows vista and need help thanks. Also whenever i try and download something it saves as a .EXE PS: Im not too tecky so bit by bit instructions would be nice what was the name of the file you clicked on (its extension *.???) ? was it an application? ken |
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10-10-2009
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| Vista Home Premium | Re: Can't open programs Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143 Quote: Originally Posted by MyPcIsOnFire Hi yesterday i couldn't open a program so i chose "Open as" and didn't realize i had "always use this program for all files" and now nothing at all will open except my browser and everything is saved as a .EXE file i have windows vista and need help thanks. Also whenever i try and download something it saves as a .EXE PS: Im not too tecky so bit by bit instructions would be nice what was the name of the file you clicked on (its extension *.???) ? was it an application? ken |
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10-10-2009
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| Vista 32 win 7 7600 32 bit | Re: Can't open programs Quote: Originally Posted by MyPcIsOnFire Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143 Quote: Originally Posted by MyPcIsOnFire Hi yesterday i couldn't open a program so i chose "Open as" and didn't realize i had "always use this program for all files" and now nothing at all will open except my browser and everything is saved as a .EXE file i have windows vista and need help thanks. Also whenever i try and download something it saves as a .EXE PS: Im not too tecky so bit by bit instructions would be nice what was the name of the file you clicked on (its extension *.???) ? was it an application? ken Ken |
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