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Windows XP SP1 / EXE FIle associations?

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by joezep1

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Seems that after rebooting my Machine after installing SP1 I cannot run any exe files without getting the following message.

"This file does not have a program associated with it for peforming this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel."

Not sure what to do at this point. Please help????

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by borginva

I am not in front of my XP system now to be more specific, but open Windows Explorer, go to Tools>Folder Options or just Folder Options (whichever it says) from the tool bar. Go into File Associations. Search for EXEs and make sure they are set up as executables. Save your changes.

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