Problems Opening Files/Programs

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RX7Mandingo

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So apparently I had a massive amount of viruses on my computer, of which I recently purchased Vista anti-virus to remove them all. This worked great for a bit but now whenever I try opening any program/file it asks me which program I want to use to open it. This includes .exe files, along with things like IE, iTunes. Windows Media Player, and many others. I have downloaded a patch that is supposed to fix this, but when I go to open the file (which is a .exe one) it once again asks me which program I want to open it with. Can anyone help me out here as I am kinda freaking out about this all.
TIA
Ryan
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Unfortunatly my issues go much deeper then that. When I even try to open some programs such as Internet Explorer, iTunes, and quite a few others, the "Open With" window pops up, and I have to select which program I want to open these with. In most cases I just have to find the ".exe" file of the program under the "Program Files" folder, but this does not always work. It's happening to the point that whenever I try to open a new tab in IE the "Open With" window pops up and I once again have to hunt down the "iexplorer.exe" file and select it. The box to click "always open with this program" is showing, but I can't click on it. I'm really trying to not have to reinstall windows so any help would be extremely useful.
Ryan
 

My Computer

System One

Sorry that you are still having problems, Ryan.

Maybe this will help.

Go to start, type cmd, do not hit enter, right click and run as administrator.

In the cmd prompt type sfc /scannow.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Well I tried that and still having the problem. I've been doing some research and it seems this was also a common problem with XP. I'm hoping to find out at least what caused this to happen, if for nothing else so I can at elast make sure it doesn't happen again.
Ryan
 

My Computer

System One

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