all the .exe files listed as secfile, the type cannot fix association; Vista

All .exe files are listed as type secfile on my daughter, running Vista laptop.  When you try to open any executable file, an error message is received "application not found".  I found several websites with the .reg files to fix the registry.  The problem is that none of the methods to enter the registry editor I've tried have worked, because it is also an executable.  I tried to reboot in safe mode to use the system restore and that will not open either.

Any suggestions?

Replying to myself because I found the answer elsewhere: the association for .exe files must be "exefile".  "secfile" probably shouldn't exist, because nothing else seems to refer to it, but as I deleted the application there is probably no harm leaving.

So, for someone else in my situation, the solution is to assign to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe exefile.

If you do not have Open regedit, you can put this in a .reg file and double click it

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@= "exefile".

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