Windows cannot open this file.

Hay ladies and gentelmen:

I was uninstalling some programs and i know when it comes to uninstall all its componets im taking my life in my hands. well it happend rebooted and clicked on an icon and got message windows cannot open this file and its all of the programs on the desktop. i mannaged to got to START and Explorer was still there and i can get on the internet play movies and plug my ipod thats ok. itunes wont come up. have NBK. os xp cpu m 1.6ghz ram 512 ddr1 vc onboard 32mb. hopefully you can help. i can not download anything cause it comes out the same way dosent reconize it. thanks

 

Beside Itunes, what else won't open? Re download Itunes and see if that helps.

 

You have not told us what you deleted, but sounds like something has got a bit messed up. The quickest solution will probably be a Repair install of windows, do you have a disc.

 

So if not the OS, what could have broken all the links/shortcuts with all the desktop icons

 

i can not do anything on my desktop. all icons when u click on says it cannot open this file. when i go to restore previous state same thing. when i download a file like itunes it does not reconize it so windows says cannot open this file. dont have disk for xp install
i have game in drive i click on that and nothin happens. thanks for responses

 

This to marmadras That 1 i liked unfortunatly i get this....... i do as u say when i click on it it comes up with a box saying WINDOWS CANNOT OPEN THIS FILE = FILE

HELPCTR.EXE TO OPEN THIS FILE WINDOWS CAN GO ON LINE TO LOOK IT UP AUTOMATICALLY, OR SELECT FROM A LIST OF PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER.


IF I GET A FILE ON LINE THAT I DOWN LOAD I GET SAME RSPONSE CANNOT OPEN THIS FILE

 

Windows cannot open this file

hi markmadras:

I was uninstalling driverwiz which i downloadwd for some reason and never used. I uninstalled battlefield 1942 and some other programs trying to be carefull not to uninstall something
of inportance to free up some disk space. I should never uninstall and its componets. It should never uninstall somthing that important but it does..


Anyway i would love to do the 1 u mention about reinstalling xp

but unfortuntaly that file (hepctr.exe) windows cannot open this file hepctr.exe . To open this file windows can go on line to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs on your computer. Thanks if you or any 1 can figure ths out pls let me know. Dont have xp disk. Probly would not work any way got cd game on dis drive click on that ask me if i want t play or uninstall and nothin.

 

Board custom is to always try the least risky, destructive or intrusive method of a fix first. Other methods will always be available later.

Just in case restore points don't go back far enough or does not function at all you may wish to try to check out and see if "associations problem" is a possibility. See:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm
OR
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Start with the lnk fix.

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Not having windows xp cd may become your number 1 issue but help center possibility could be:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/fixwinxphelp.htm
OR
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rebuildhelp.htm

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Not being judgmental but "driver wizard" has so many google hits for torrent downloading and crack/serials numbers, that I have to go knee deep to find a relevant description of what this program is or does. I gave up looking but am left to wonder if you have either a file sharing client or have used such for this application. That leaves me to wonder if your virus/Trojan free. If in doubt you may wish to visit our expertly trained members in the malware virus forum and let them work their magic.

 

be jugmental, im a little mental. Thanks for your suggjestions

will try. I havent had a computer in a year. The 1 i had befor was like 8 and 1/2 years old and finnaly blew up. I got this 1 at next step cause im poor as a dirt farmer acctually i work with people with disbilities. They pay **** but love my job. Any way what ever happens thanks