Youtube Question: I Can’t Load Any .Exe After I Removed a Rogue Antivirus…

Question: Help!!!  I can’t load any .exe after I removed a rogue anti-virus.  Is there a simple fix for this?

Answer: Yes, this is quite a common after effect of removing the latest generation of rogue anti-virus applications.  These rogues alter registry entries related to .exe’s.  If you would like to easily fix this issue then you may download this registry fix below and run it.

Fix Broken Exe

This .reg file contains:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exe]
@=”exefile”
“Content Type”=”application/x-msdownload”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.exePersistentHandler]
@=”{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefile]
@=”Application”
“EditFlags”=hex:38,07,00,00
“TileInfo”=”prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion”
“InfoTip”=”prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileDefaultIcon]
@=”%1″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopen]
“EditFlags”=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellopencommand]
@=””%1” %*”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellrunas]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellrunascommand]
@=””%1” %*”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellexDropHandler]
@=”{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellexPropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellexPropertySheetHandlersPEAnalyser]
@=”{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellexPropertySheetHandlersPifProps]
@=”{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTexefileshellexPropertySheetHandlersShimLayer Property Page]
@=”{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfile]
@=”Registration Entries”
“EditFlags”=dword:00100000
“BrowserFlags”=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileDefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,
00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,
2c,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshell]
@=”open”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshelledit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshelleditcommand]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,
00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshellopen]
@=”Mer&ge”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshellopencommand]
@=”regedit.exe ”%1”"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshellprint]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTregfileshellprintcommand]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,
00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnk]
@=”lnkfile”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellNew]
“Command”=”rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile]
@=”Shortcut”
“EditFlags”=dword:00000001
“IsShortcut”=”"
“NeverShowExt”=”"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileCLSID]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlersOffline Files]
@=”{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlers{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexDropHandler]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexIconHandler]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexPropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexPropertySheetHandlersShimLayer Property Page]
@=”{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=”Shortcut”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}InProcServer32]
@=”shell32.dll”
“ThreadingModel”=”Apartment”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}PersistentAddinsRegistered]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}PersistentAddinsRegistered{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF}]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}PersistentHandler]
@=”{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}ProgID]
@=”lnkfile”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}shellexMayChangeDefaultMenu]