scragman Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I've got a Vista Basic PC sitting next to me that gives the error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel." every time you try to open an executable. IE, firefox, command prompt, anything really, and I get the error above. According to the file association stuff in the control panel, everything is as it should be (save for what is supposed to manage the .exe files). Again, Vista basic PC with AVG free for the antivirus. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I've got a Vista Basic PC sitting next to me that gives the error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel." every time you try to open an executable. IE, firefox, command prompt, anything really, and I get the error above. According to the file association stuff in the control panel, everything is as it should be (save for what is supposed to manage the .exe files). Again, Vista basic PC with AVG free for the antivirus. Any thoughts?is this somethine new on the PC? was this a fresh install of Vista? (vlite?) was a software reinstalled or just recently installed? anymore information you can give to when and how this started happening would help us help you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scragman Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 The owner of the PC (a student) said that it happened one morning when he powered up the machine. As far as I know, this is the same install of Vista that came from the factory (Dell). I'm also not sure about the software (reinstall, new install, uninstall), as all he would tell me was "I powered it on and nothing worked". He's got a few games on there (Halo and a few other regular market games), Office 2007, and AVG antivirus. Other than using the Dell provided backup utility, I don't think he's done anything to the PC. I've done some googling and haven't found anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 any errors listed in the Event viewer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scragman Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 any errors listed in the Event viewer?Couldn't get Event Viewer to run (I think rundll starts it, and that couldn't run). I ended up slaving the drive, backing up the data, and restoring the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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