Hi,I have a Windows server 2003 R2 and all of sudden I am not able to run any Exe or launch any application ( Example Winword Adobe, Excel, etc,) Looks like all file associations are lost. I went into registry Hkey_Casses_Root and see all the mappings for the extensions. What to do in such a scenario. Reboot starts the web server and web server application is running fine.Please help.ThanksMpcs

Try saving the following into a .reg file and merge it with your registry: 1 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe] 2 @="exefile" 3 "ContentType"="application/x-msdownload" 4 5 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler] 6 @="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" 7 8 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile] 9 @="Application" 10 "EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00 11 "TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion" 12 "InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size" 13 14 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon] 15 @="%1" 16 17 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell] 18 19 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open] 20 "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00 21 22 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command] 23 @="\"%1\"%*" 24 25 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas] 26 27 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command] 28 @="\"%1\"%*" 29 30 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex] 31 32 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler] 33 @="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}" 34 35 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers] 36 37 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PEAnalyser] 38 @="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}" 39 40 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps] 41 @="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}" 42 43 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayerPropertyPage] 44 @="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"Regards,Salvador Manaois IIIMCITP | Server/Enterprise AdministratorC|EH MCSE MCSA MCTS CIWABytes & Badz: http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com