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  Welcome to the Microsoft Community Forums.

  I see you've found an error "file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action" when you click office and recent places.

  1. Have you made changes on the computer before this problem?
  2. What is the full error message?

  I suggest you to report to us the screenshot of the Advanced window so that we can understand what exactly the situation.
  
  See:
  Use SkyDrive download collected files and post screen shot/image
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02dB-4665-993a-08d865088d65

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  Follow this link provided below to start your computer in safe mode.

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  Original title: remove programs

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  This is not an indication of malware. Could be those are placed on the
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  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-right on - click RUN AS ADMIN

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  Run the malware removal tool from Microsoft

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  Microsoft Malicious removal tool - 64 bit
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  also install Prevx to be sure that it is all gone.

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  If necessary here are some free online scanners to help the

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  Original version
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  http://www.Kaspersky.com/virusscanner

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  original title: start up programs?

  Hello

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  Performance and maintenance tips
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