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Starting this morning, my Windows 7 is opening most applications in Vim (Vim is my editor of choice). The following is an itemized list of this bizarre behavior. From Start menu, most applications display the Vim icon (screen shot below). From Start menu, most applications open in Vim...

Just to be clear, it's not one of those usual things. I got Win 7 Home Premium. CMD, Task Manager, all exe files and GPEdit works fine. Everything works fine actually - exept regedit just does not respond. I have Nod32 and my PC is virus / malware free. All I want is just access to registry...

I have a Lenovo Ideapad s510p running original Windows 8.1. Bought it in May'14. The problem is that it's not able to find & run some bat & exe files given in the '%Path'. Whereas it can find some - it can't find some others. So it doesn't run them unless full path is specified. This is a big...

Hi, I have written a Database management program, and it runs as an .exe. It has been working fine, but i have just added a backup option so you can can create a backup copy of the database. It has suddenly come to my attention that none of the program is now working. - I have done some...

Please someone help me how to fix my problem about the file target of all my programs. The operating system of my PC is Windows XP 2002. Last night, I opened the folder options then i forgot what i did (sorry). suddenly, all the programs including microsoft,mozilla firefox,google crome, even...

Hello, We have a very irritating problem. One of our users has IE10 installed on her Windows 7 laptop. When she tries to download any installer program e.g. WinRAR, Firefox etc., she receives the dropdown bar in IE. She right-clicks the bar and selects download this file and saves it to her...

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Hardware/Software . existing HP notebook with Win7 32bit Symptoms . to diagnose a virus attack, it helps to know, to the second, when a file was updated. With only a sorted ADMIN DIR output B 4 the restore, it could only log to the minute. Tho I eventually saw the files it created, seconds...

I recently have noticed that I cannot install any downloaded programs. For example, I've tried to install Avast Antivirus and Spotify programs I downloaded from the internet. I can run other .exe programs that were previously installed like Chrome, Itunes, etc. but keep getting errors with the...

Please help me im having problems running some .exe files.. look at the pictureLink Removed here are my specs : ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 8/5/2012, 21:01:19 Machine name: KYLEPADLAN-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit...

When you open a file in Windows, such as an .exe file or .bat file, a different program or file may start. Additionally, the icon for the file may not appear as expected. You may also receive additional errors from the from the program it starts. More...

Hi, I want to know how can i run a Batch File as administrator since the Run as Administrator Check box in Compatibility tab is gray (can't check)? This is the Batch File: @echo off cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Far Cry 2\bin" start /real time FarCry2.exe So please Advice me how...

Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in the Windows Authenticode Signature Verification function that is used for portable executable (PE) and CAB file formats. This security vulnerability could allow remote code execution. More...

Hi! Ever since a botched encryption which resulted in me having to format a drive (not the main c drive), everything I download gives this message when I try to open it - "ShellExecuteEx failed; code 2. The system cannot find the file specified." I've tried changing the download location to...

Hi, a while ago a system tools type package changed my default program for opening .bat files. I have tried lots of things to fix this but my system simply cannot execute .bat files. I converted one of my .bat files to exe to see if it works so there isnt anything wrong with the files...

The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...

I recently downloaded a program, and when i tried to run the .exe file i got an error box with the error ShellExecuteEx Failed; code 1203. I tried to install an anti malware program, and when i tried to run that file i got the same error, but with code 2 this time. If i try and run either...

[Solved] HELP, .exe file association is locked to Notepad Hello everyone, I am a computer fool who has just jumped on the Win7 bandwagon because i was tired of XP clogging my machine up ( not to mention infested with bugs). I had wanted to run a .exe/.exc file and somehow, windows determined...

Hey All, Firstly I've tried doing some searching, but haven't found anyone else having the same problem. I have a fresh install of win7 RTM on a brand new hdd. When I try to run programs (IE, Firefox, Steam, Winrar, Live Messenger, the list goes on) they will appear in the task manager...

When I insert a blank cd it is recognized by Vista. I select the copy files using Windows option and name the cd. Then I am supposed to drag files that I want to copy into the folder window. NOTHING that I drag into the window appears in the window for burning. I have checked file properties to...