On 30 Nov 2002, at 15:50, Dianne Gronfors wrote:
> We had to do a virus scan on a laptop (Compaq Presario). It found and
> deleted 39 files but apparently, a file that is needed to start any and
> all programmes is missing now. When we try to open any programme, we get
> the message that the following file is missing and is needed to open files
> of type "application" . The file is: toix".exe. I did a search on that
> file but only found reference to toix.exe. I tried to use that one but it
> didn't work. Hope someone has an idea of a solution. Thanks. Dianne
It sounds to me like one of the infections had set an association for the
.EXE file type. Rather than reinstall this file, I think the correct
solution is to remove this incorrect association.
My inclination would be to search the registry for references to this
name, and delete them. But check the archives -- removing incorrect
associations of the .EXE file type has come up on the list before, and
there's probably a more elegant/friendly solution.
David Gillett
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