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double clicking is not working when i try to open a program, it asks me to choose a program

#1 dyrtmonkey

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Posted 27 December 2011 - 02:26 PM

when i try to start a program, like my antivirus, or VLC, or mozilla, or a lot of the options in the control panel, it asks me to choose a program to start the program with...i had the vista antivirus 2012 a month back, but i ran AVAST antivirus, and a couple of boot time scans says it's all gone...just kinda frustrating right now and wondering what i can do. any questions or comments are appreciated

thanks

oh i'm running windows vista 64

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Posted 27 December 2011 - 04:03 PM

Well...when did your problems with ineffective use of mouse...begin?

Often, when the files are scrambled, such things may occur.

Have you tried running the chkdsk /r command...and then following that with defrag of the Windows partition?

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Posted 27 December 2011 - 06:19 PM

Download

http://www.winhelponline.com/fileasso/exefix_vista.zip

Extract and launch the registry fix

Click YES when UAC prompt comes up

You should be able to open files properly

Good luck

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Posted 27 December 2011 - 06:36 PM

Well...if you follow the suggestion from narenxp...I suggest that you back up your registry first, using a tool like ERUNT Registry Backup Tool - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html .

The above suggestion inovlves editing the registry and you can never assume that everything will go according to plan.

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#5 dyrtmonkey

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 03:03 PM

thank you both for your great suggestions...editing the registry worked, and thankfully didn't do anything bad either. thanks again to the both of you and have a great new year!!!

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 03:42 PM

Thank you for letting us know you were able to resolve your issue. :thumbup2:

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