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SapoKing

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June 8th, 2009 08:00

windowsXP launching in wrong area

Hello,

i did a dummy. was having internet security issues and changed something in how programs could be launched. Don't remember what i did, you know rookie here! Almost everything is being launched in wordpad.

So rhat means nothing is able to startup Can anyone help me???????

  • williamkidd

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    Posted June 8th, 2009 10:00

    Hi SapoKing,

    If you have System Restore enabled then you could try to restore your system to an earlier point in time. Another option would be to restore all file associations using MS MVP Doug Knox' batch file. It sounds like the batch file may be the best choice based on what you've said but you will have to tell it what programs that you want to use if Windows can't figure it out. Let us know if you have any questions.

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    Posted June 11th, 2009 09:00

    sorry took so long to answer. system restore strarts in word doc. as well so that won't work

  • RoHe

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    Posted June 11th, 2009 17:00

    Reboot, press F8 before XP starts to load and select Last Known Good. If that doesn't fix it try running System Restore from the command prompt. 

    Ron