Problem with .exe files (+rep)

*not sure if this is the correct section but

Everytime I open a .exe file, a message pops up saying:

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"This file does not have a program associated with performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already, create an assocation in the Default Programs control panel."

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And, yes I have tried using google. I have tried using this: www.winhelponline.com%2Fexefix_xp.com to no avail and when I access the registry editor where I'm supposed to look for this:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile \ shell \ open \ command

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I click on shell and I get this:

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shell cannot be opened.
An error is preventing this key from being opened.
Details: Access is denied.

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There are 3 users/accounts on this laptop and all of them are having the same problem and the account I'm using is not the adminstrative user, if that helps.

+rep to any help
Thanks

I've also got google redirecting to other sites/advertisements and when I turn off my computer, it switches to a blue screen and just restarts.

Any ideas how to fix any of this? |-)

if google is redirecting to advertisements etc then you sir have a virussss

Backup, format, reinstall.

Defiantly a virus, If you cant run .exe's, and are blocked from everything, As said above. Backup, format, reinstall.

That is a bad virus, i had it once, tried every method of removal. Decided to format instead.

Boot Into Safe Mode (With Netoworking)

Download ComboFix, dubble click and let it run.

restart and you should be good for now.

dban, reinstall, profit.

Forgot about this thread, lol.

Thanks for all the help, I'll give all of the other methods a try and if all else fails, I'll backup, format, reinstall... +rep.

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Originally Posted by Chippiewill

dban, reinstall, profit.

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If you want to waste your life away in this scenario :P