Disabled being able to open .exe files

Help! Got infected with the Trojan.Gen virus, Norton seemed to catch it, but when I rebooted, nothing to do with a .exe does not work. Even if I go to the command line and enter, say, "regedit" Windows will ask me to choose the program I want to use to open the file.  Thus, any program I try to open or whatever it is, I'm trying to download and open is filled with the same result.

Any advice?

Try to copy regedit.exe to regedit.com and specify the full name (with com).

http://www.Winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/restore-the-exe-file-association-in-Windows-Vista-after-incorrectly-associating-it-with-another-application.html
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"HSP90277" wrote in message news: efbffa7b-19of-483-a-9082-247f93bf6222...
> HELP! Got infected with the Trojan.Gen virus, Norton seemed to catch him.
> but when I rebooted, nothing to do with a .exe is not working. Even if I go to the
> command line, type in, say, "regedit" Windows will ask me to choose the
> program I want to use to open the file. Thus, any program I try to open
> or anything, I'm trying to download and open is filled with the same result.
>
> Advice?
>

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