Executables are shown as File Folders.

Hi Everyone,
I have a pc running windows xp sp2. However this is the strage behaviour I
am observing. When I click on
Start => Run and type msconfig, I expect the system configuration utility
to open up.

However it is opening the msconfig in the notepad and showing all the
executable code.

So I went to the \windows\system32 folder and saw the executables. What I
noticed is that all the applications (including msconfig.exe) are shown as
File Folder instead of applications. I dont know what is going on. Is there
any setting which might have caused this?

Can some one help me out on this issue. Because of this, I am not able to
run any utilities /executables.

Help is immediately requested.

Thanks.

In news:FKKdnS-KmLN2UlTbnZ2dnUVZ_quhnZ2d@comcast.com,
test <lakshmij@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I have a pc running windows xp sp2. However this is the
> strage behaviour I
> am observing. When I click on
> Start => Run and type msconfig, I expect the system
> configuration utility
> to open up.
>
> However it is opening the msconfig in the notepad and showing
> all the
> executable code.
>
> So I went to the \windows\system32 folder and saw the
> executables. What I
> noticed is that all the applications (including msconfig.exe)
> are shown as
> File Folder instead of applications. I dont know what is
> going on. Is there
> any setting which might have caused this?
>
> Can some one help me out on this issue. Because of this, I am
> not able to
> run any utilities /executables.
>
> Help is immediately requested.
>
> Thanks.

See if this helps.

Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Windows XP File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Download and run the EXE File Association Fix

Good luck

Nepatsfan