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Pgm needed for files of type Application

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by rewind79

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In Windows 98 seeing this message:
=== Program not found ===
Windows cannot find hiitjlbijevjd.exe.

This program is needed for opening files of type 'Application."

And, of course, there is no such program hiitjlbijevjd.exe. I know it has something to do with the registry, but running regedit doesn't work; instead you also get the same error message.

I'm able to see in Explorer View | Folder Options | File Types window that there is a type of Application w/ this info:

Extension: EXE
Content Type (MIME): application/x-msdownload
Opens with: HIITJLBIJEVJD

But the Edit or Remove buttons are unavailable. Trying to add with "New Type" already finds an exisitng entry for file of exefile.

I'd appreciate any help on this!

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by syscokid

Running a virus scan from a floppy might help, if you have one.

Try renaming regedit.exe to regedit.com. You should be able to open it then. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe and change the default from hiitjlbijevjd.exe to exefile.

by rewind79

Thanks so much for the help, Ken! Renaming REGEDIT to a COM instead an EXE allowed me to run it. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for .exe everything looked fine. So I used find to look for that goofy pgm name "hiitjlbijevjd.exe." It was under exefile | open| command in front of the %1 %*. Editing that out, all is better after reboot. Thank again.

-- Roger

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