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.

we read your other post;
dont multi post

"test" <lakshmij@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:EOydnexP3rttUlTbnZ2dnUVZ_t2inZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> 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.
>
>

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"test" <lakshmij@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:EOydnexP3rttUlTbnZ2dnUVZ_t2inZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> 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.
>
>