Not able to open programs 'open with' appears with the message "choose the program you want to use to open this file."

Original title: what is savagent.exe.

I started having trouble opening all my programs...  A 'Open with' box appears only the message "choose the program you want to use to open this file: file: * .exe ', and I only have two choices, either Microsoft Office OneNoteQuick Launcher or Wordpad...  Since none of them are the program that I want, I click on the Cancel button, the popup disappears and the program does not open.  Internet Explorer is the only exception it opens when I click on Cancel.

I am running Windows Vista on a Dell 1525.  I did a general online search, but the concflicts information too for me make sure my best option.

Thanks for considering my question.

Correct me if I misread your message.

You said open with dialog box appears whenever you try to open a program?

If so, try this...

http://forums.techguy.org/Windows-Vista/899995-solved-Open-box-opens-every.html

Scroll down to the answer given by Phantom010:
Download and merge the reg. EXEFIX .

quote...
Try this registry fix: EXEFIX

Unzip the patch and extract it. REG file on your desktop. Right click on the REG file and choose Merge. Note that you must be an administrator to apply this hotfix.

Reset.

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