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Windows 7 Registering Control Panel Item
Hi, How do you register .exe to show in control panel? I have already read and followed the instructions in this site Registering Control Panel Items (Windows) and it doesn't seem to work. In this site, it only mentions Windows Vista. Is it same with Win7? I really need help because I was...- patadrian
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- application configuration control panel exe help installer registration setup windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 how to find another instance of a program running
I have been trying to install a weather programme. I have had a lot of problems so un-installed it. When I try to manually delete a few remaining files I get a message that "Error:other instance of the program's .exe file is running. Program will be terminated." How do I find this to get rid of...- carol 1949
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- delete error exe files installation instance programs troubleshooting weather windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 EXE launches Windows Media Center
This is going to be an easy fix I know but nearly every icon on my desktop changed to a windows media icon and if I launch any exe file, windows media launches instead. This happend whilst download/installing yahoo messenger. I have looked through defaults and cant find a fix. I created a new...- JAH
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- default programs desktop exe file association icons media player troubleshooting user account windows issues yahoo messenger
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Desktop shortcut not working
Why would a program shortcut not work, yet clicking on an .exe file does? I tried deleting the desktop icon and creating a new icon, based directly on exe and yet any such shortcut I make does not work. I can see that the program is loading, but after a couple of seconds it quits. I was able to...- GRGirl
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- desktop exe programs shortcuts task manager troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 EXE's opening in cmd
Whenever I try to open something with a .exe file extension, it always opens a window in command prompt, I have tried using regedit to try and make .exe's run in exefile but it hasn't done anything. Please help, Collin- Collin
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- collin command prompt exe file association registry software issues troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Acronis True Image workstation Fix for W7 RTM
HI all Acronis Workstation True Image gave compatability problems with later builds of Windows 7 (Windows 7 releases greater than 7137) You can make it work again quite simply by changing the.EXE file's name to TI.exe instead of TrueImage.exe (Change any short cut links as well). Then it...- jimbo45
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- acronis build 8206 compatibility exe fix shortcuts true image windows 7 workstation x64
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Can't copy and replace files
I am trying to replace one file with another and it tells me that I need permission from admin which is me, I am using the admin account, and I have also turned off user account manager and it still tells me I need the right permission. I never had this issue on vista or xp (vista did do the...- LamerJoe
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- access denied admin rights exe file replacement system settings troubleshooting uac user account control windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Error when replacing file .exe
Has anyone met this error report: I'm programing with MS Visual C# And when I was trying to debug my program, Window prevented Visual Studio from replacing the .exe file on the bin directory and display that message. But If I try to wait 2 or 3 minutes and do nothing, I can debug again. And if...- laroche
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- c sharp debugging directory error exe file access files programming replacement software development visual c# visual studio windows
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 Files disappear after download (.exe, .msi, .zip, etc...)
Today, my Windows 7 system stopped allowing me to SAVE .EXE and .MSI files to my hard drive. It appears that I am able to download the complete files, however as soon as it completed the download, the files disappears from my hard drive. This happens with both IE and Firefox, with Windows...- ehart
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- 7-zip antivirus avg beta software download eset exe file issues file management file recovery firefox firewall internet explorer msi registry software installation system error troubleshooting uninstall windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support