Double-clicking no longer launches exe files on dvd-cdrom drive

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Jean-Paul Darcis

Hi,

I suddenly realized that double-clicking on an executable file on my
cd's no longer launches the application, both on my dvd drive and on a
virtual drive. The files can be read perfectly. I tried to uninstall my
drive and reinstall it, it did not solve the problem.

This does not happen of a usb drive. So this looks like the registry is
messed up at some point. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=xp+executable+program+file+won't+run&meta=

....could be a broken filetype association, ...could be a virus, ....could be
lots of things :-)

regards, Richard


"Jean-Paul Darcis" <jp@darcis.net> wrote in message
news:OKenKk9CIHA.5228@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I suddenly realized that double-clicking on an executable file on my cd's
> no longer launches the application, both on my dvd drive and on a virtual
> drive. The files can be read perfectly. I tried to uninstall my drive and
> reinstall it, it did not solve the problem.
>
> This does not happen of a usb drive. So this looks like the registry is
> messed up at some point. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
> --
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Jean-Paul Darcis
> Keep your documents and emails lean and efficient!
> Focus on the content, not on fluff, and zip!
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 
RJK wrote:
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=xp+executable+program+file+won't+run&meta=
>
> ...could be a broken filetype association, ...could be a virus, ....could be
> lots of things :-)
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "Jean-Paul Darcis" <jp@darcis.net> wrote in message
> news:OKenKk9CIHA.5228@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I suddenly realized that double-clicking on an executable file on my cd's
>> no longer launches the application, both on my dvd drive and on a virtual
>> drive. The files can be read perfectly. I tried to uninstall my drive and
>> reinstall it, it did not solve the problem.
>>
>> This does not happen of a usb drive. So this looks like the registry is
>> messed up at some point. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>> Jean-Paul Darcis
>> Keep your documents and emails lean and efficient!
>> Focus on the content, not on fluff, and zip!
>> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
>
Indeed. Having ruled out a virus, a broken exe file association and
having noticed that the double clicking does work for some disks and not
for others (all work on a different machine, so quality of disk is not
involved) without any rational that I can see, does it narrow the options?

Thanks

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Jean-Paul Darcis
Keep your documents and emails lean and efficient!
Focus on the content, not on fluff, and zip!
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 
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