No Programs Will Open Besides Internet Explorer

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    No Programs Will Open Besides Internet Explorer


    So I am running the Windows 7 Home Permium 64bit and I am having quite the problem. None of my programs will open. It seems like the olny thing that will open is Internent Explorer, paint, actual folders, those kinds of things. Nothing else will open such as iTunes, Malwarebytes to scan for anything, not even flashplayer will open to watch YouTube. I've tried starting it in safe mode and still nothing will open. Ive run a diagnostic test to see if it was the hardware and everthing checked out okay. I have even tried SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker and that came back negative. So I am out of ideas. Anyone know what to do?
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  2. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #2

    Hello perkobk

    Try downloading and merging the default .exe extension from this tutorial see if that fixes it - Default File Type Associations - Restore

    You may also need the .lnk extension too but try the one above first.

    Danny
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  3. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    xxxdannyxxx said:
    Hello perkobk

    Try downloading and merging the default .exe extension from this tutorial see if that fixes it - Default File Type Associations - Restore

    You may also need the .lnk extension too but try the one above first.

    Danny
    Tried both and still did nothing. Any other ideas?
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  4. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #4

    perkobk said:
    xxxdannyxxx said:
    Hello perkobk

    Try downloading and merging the default .exe extension from this tutorial see if that fixes it - Default File Type Associations - Restore

    You may also need the .lnk extension too but try the one above first.

    Danny
    Tried both and still did nothing. Any other ideas?
    After downloading and merging have you rebooted?
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  5. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #5

    If that doesn't work looking at the other thread and the advise from zigzag I have to agree you are limited on what you can do. Do you have a system restore point to before this happened - System Restore
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  6. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    xxxdannyxxx said:
    If that doesn't work looking at the other thread and the advise from zigzag I have to agree you are limited on what you can do. Do you have a system restore point to before this happened - System Restore
    I already restored it to a few weeks before it infection happened and it still had to same problem.
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  7. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #7

    Right click on a programs shortcut that isn't working and click open file location. Try opening from there. See if its just the shortcuts that are faulty

    Danny
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  8. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    It's not the shortcuts that aren't working. I don't have any shortcuts on my desktop. I go through the start menu to open programs. But its more then that, that wont oepn. Like flashplayer wont start up so I can even watch YouTube. I will go to click on a program to open it and I watch it in the Task Manager to see what it is doing, and it pops up in there then it just quits. It disappears.
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  9. Posts : 3,302
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #9

    The items listed in the start menu are also shorcuts try and open some programs from the c:\program files or program files (x86) folders, especially C:\Program Files (x86)\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware so we can try and get a scan done.
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  10. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I tried going into the x86 file to open as you suggested and it still does the same thing. It'll show up in the task manager but then just stop and disappear.
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