I know not many tried to answer this one, it was a tough one, but it's now
fixed too. So, for the benefit of the list, here's what cured the problem.

After many hours of digging through the registry, I found a key that
associated ".exe" with
application/x-msdownload on my own puter, and the key was different on my
client's puter. I exported my key to a file and put the file on the
offending machine, double-clicked the .reg file and rebooted. It worked
fine and no more problems with Win98 wanting to know what application to
open an application with anymore!

And thanks for the advice Jim, but I couldn't find anywhere to delete that
current association, it wanted to be associated with something and wouldn't
take "nothing" for an answer! <G>

Another one solved, much to my client's joy!

Ed Boychuk

>Hi fellow listees.
>
>I'm having a unique problem with a client's machine, need your help badly.
>My client had a file that was associated with a wrong program and wouldn't
>open. They tried to change the association to a different program with no
>success. The file was an ".exe" file and now when Win98 opens, it asks
>which program they want to use to open all the Windows applications and
>other program files. Example: When double-clicking either the icon or the
>.exe for Netscape, the box pops up and asks which program they wish to use
>to open netscape.exe. This is happening with all programs on the system
>except the ones in the startup group, they open themselves fine. What I
>need to know is what to re-associate the extension ".exe" with to let
>their shortcuts and other programs open normally. I thought this was an
>automatic function of Win98, but it seems that it can be changed, or
>corrupted. An interesting dilemma to say the least!

Ryder

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