Thanks Rock & Malke for your advice will work through the advise & will post
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Tom
"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Tom wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Using XP Pro on my pc something has happened to cause applications not to
>> open i.e. IE6, Word, Access
>>
>> Have tried booting up using Last known good configuration but with same
>> results.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what is causing the problem and how to correct
>> would be appreciated
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Tom
>
> I see Malke responded on malware checking. That should be a regular
> maintenance task. Here are some more links on that.
>
> THE PARASITE FIGHT
> Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
>
> Richard Harper’s Guide to Cleaning Pests
> http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
>
> What about other .exe files? Can they be run or not? If no .exe files can
> be run one option is to run the .exe file fix from Doug Knox' site:
>
> http://www.dougknox.com/
> XP Fixes
> File Association Fixes
> EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>