I have a machine with WinXP sp2. I uninstalled my old version of Norton
Security and tried to install Norton Security. I am now not able to run any
programs on my computer. I can not even run the CMD command from Start - Run.
It just does nothing. Please help urgently. Thanks, Dave

Try booting to xp cd,select recovery,select 1 for C: drive,press enter key
for
password,then type:CHKDSK C: /R When its thru,type:EXIT Let xp start up.

"Dave Shah" wrote:

> I have a machine with WinXP sp2. I uninstalled my old version of Norton
> Security and tried to install Norton Security. I am now not able to run any
> programs on my computer. I can not even run the CMD command from Start - Run.
> It just does nothing. Please help urgently. Thanks, Dave

Hi Dave,

Copy/paste the below into notepad, and save it as exefix.reg, then right
click the saved file and select "merge":

-----Start below here----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersi on"
"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersio n;Create;Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PEAnalyser]
@="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PifProps]
@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\ShimLayer Property
Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"

-----End above here-----

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Dave Shah" <Dave Shah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5FE7E7CD-12DF-4EF0-B7A9-CE45F5328E9B@microsoft.com...
>I have a machine with WinXP sp2. I uninstalled my old version of Norton
> Security and tried to install Norton Security. I am now not able to run
> any
> programs on my computer. I can not even run the CMD command from Start -
> Run.
> It just does nothing. Please help urgently. Thanks, Dave

Is this a known problem with Norton Security? I guess it would secure things
pretty well if you can't run any programs at all, but if Norton Security
takes it to this extreme...<g>

Or, are you just taking a shot in the dark that Registry entries for EXE
files somehow got corrupted?

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:e6JkXnhCGHA.3876@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dave,
>
> Copy/paste the below into notepad, and save it as exefix.reg, then right
> click the saved file and select "merge":
>
> -----Start below here----
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
> @="exefile"
> "Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
> @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
> @="Application"
> "EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
> "TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersi on"
> "InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersio n;Create;Size"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
> @="%1"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
> "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
> @="\"%1\" %*"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
> @="\"%1\" %*"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
> @="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PEAnalyser]
> @="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PifProps]
> @="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\ShimLayer
> Property Page]
> @="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"
>
> -----End above here-----
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Dave Shah" <Dave Shah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FE7E7CD-12DF-4EF0-B7A9-CE45F5328E9B@microsoft.com...
>>I have a machine with WinXP sp2. I uninstalled my old version of Norton
>> Security and tried to install Norton Security. I am now not able to run
>> any
>> programs on my computer. I can not even run the CMD command from Start -
>> Run.
>> It just does nothing. Please help urgently. Thanks, Dave
>
>

Hi Mike,

Any Norton uninstall always has hazards, it's fairly common. I'm guessing
that some of the registry entries were removed or altered during the
process.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"MikeD" <nobody@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
news:OG%23d8a0CGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Is this a known problem with Norton Security? I guess it would secure
> things pretty well if you can't run any programs at all, but if Norton
> Security takes it to this extreme...<g>
>
> Or, are you just taking a shot in the dark that Registry entries for EXE
> files somehow got corrupted?
>
> --
> Mike
> Microsoft MVP Visual Basic
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:e6JkXnhCGHA.3876@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Copy/paste the below into notepad, and save it as exefix.reg, then right
>> click the saved file and select "merge":
>>
>> -----Start below here----
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
>> @="exefile"
>> "Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]
>> @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
>> @="Application"
>> "EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00
>> "TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersi on"
>> "InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersio n;Create;Size"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
>> @="%1"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
>> "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
>> @="\"%1\" %*"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
>> @="\"%1\" %*"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]
>> @="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers]
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PEAnalyser]
>> @="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\PifProps]
>> @="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHan dlers\ShimLayer
>> Property Page]
>> @="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"
>>
>> -----End above here-----
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Dave Shah" <Dave Shah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FE7E7CD-12DF-4EF0-B7A9-CE45F5328E9B@microsoft.com...
>>>I have a machine with WinXP sp2. I uninstalled my old version of Norton
>>> Security and tried to install Norton Security. I am now not able to run
>>> any
>>> programs on my computer. I can not even run the CMD command from Start -
>>> Run.
>>> It just does nothing. Please help urgently. Thanks, Dave
>>
>>
>
>