JSI Tip 2151. Windows cannot find FILES32.VXD. This program is needed for opening files of type 'Application'?

Jerold Schulman

March 14, 2000

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If you receive the subject message when you launch a program that has and .exe extension, you have been infected by the Pretty Park virus.

To disinfect your installation:

1. Rename Regedt32.exe to Regedt32.com

2. Run Regedt32.com to navigate to:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareClassesExefileShellOpenCommand

3. Double-click the string in the right hand pane and change:

      "files32.vxd" "%1" %*

          to

      "%1"%*

4. Check the alias at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTExefileShellOpenCommand and change it, also.

5. Search your hard drives for files32.vxd and delete all occurrences.

6. Rename Regedt32.com to Regedt32.exe.

7. Shutdown and restart your computer.

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