drivers. bang and the drivers are GONE

nooooooo. now ive done the lot havent i. ive managed to corrupt every single
driver file i have on my computer. well when i say corrupt i meand changing
the open with to notepad. im trying to get a driver that should be easy to
install and it doesn't work. is there any way i can get these drivers back to
normal. by the way ive already tried system restore.
--
Jamie

Jamie

It sounds like the problem you are describing is that when you try to open a
..EXE file, the file opens in Notepad instead of running the installation
program.

If this is the case, you have simply lost the file association for .exe
(Executable) files.

You can fix this by going to the following website.

Restore the .exe file association in Windows Vista, after incorrectly
associating it with another application:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...plication.html

Scroll down to the bottom of that web page. Under ' Attachments', click the
'exefix_cu.reg' to download this file to your Desktop.

Right click the file and select the 'Merge' option. OK the permission
prompts.

This will reset the EXE file association back to it's default settings.



--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"seajamit" <seajamit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00111F06-3C05-4558-830D-B68355E70C76@microsoft.com...
> nooooooo. now ive done the lot havent i. ive managed to corrupt every
> single
> driver file i have on my computer. well when i say corrupt i meand
> changing
> the open with to notepad. im trying to get a driver that should be easy to
> install and it doesn't work. is there any way i can get these drivers back
> to
> normal. by the way ive already tried system restore.
> --
> Jamie

Hello Jamie,
You may need SP1 or this hotfix
937187 Error message when you try to install a new hardware device in
Windows Vista: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver
software for your device"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;937187

SP1 includes this hotfix
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|> nooooooo. now ive done the lot havent i. ive managed to corrupt every
single
|> driver file i have on my computer. well when i say corrupt i meand
changing
|> the open with to notepad. im trying to get a driver that should be easy
to
|> install and it doesn't work. is there any way i can get these drivers
back to
|> normal. by the way ive already tried system restore.
|> --
|> Jamie
|>

ive been worrying that my drivers have had it for a long time but "Darrell
Gorter[MSFT]" fixed this problem, thanks
--
Jamie


""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello Jamie,
> You may need SP1 or this hotfix
> 937187 Error message when you try to install a new hardware device in
> Windows Vista: "Windows encountered a problem installing the driver
> software for your device"
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;937187
>
> SP1 includes this hotfix
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> |> nooooooo. now ive done the lot havent i. ive managed to corrupt every
> single
> |> driver file i have on my computer. well when i say corrupt i meand
> changing
> |> the open with to notepad. im trying to get a driver that should be easy
> to
> |> install and it doesn't work. is there any way i can get these drivers
> back to
> |> normal. by the way ive already tried system restore.
> |> --
> |> Jamie
> |>
>
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