[madcat]

Some thing seriously not right then :?

Go to this web site http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm & download "Batch File Association Fix" & "EXE File Association Fix"

Unzip them to your desktop & run (I would run "EXE File Association Fix first")

If you run into problems try following. (I would just like to add; see if "regedit.exe works first by clicking Start>Run & then type "regedit", click OK. If it dose then skip to the 2nd part of what he said)

Press Start>Run and type cmd in the box and press OK.
At the command prompt type cd c:\windows and press return.
Type copy regedit.exe regedit.com and press return.
type regedit.cm and press return. You should now be in the registry editor. On the menu bar click file and select export. Save the registry as registry.bak.


If Registry Editor opened successfully, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile \ shell \ open \ command.
Double-click the (Default) value in the right hand pane and delete the current value data, and then type:
"%1" %* exactly as shown including the quotes and asterisk.
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
In the right-hand pane, set (default) to exefile
Exit the Registry Editor.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/microso ... g-act.html

If this still dose not fix then I think you going to have to format & reinstall windows :x

Good luck :wink: