help please

**just dave** · 15-08-10, 12:38 AM

im running windows 7,,,the wife downloaded a stupid game it wouldnt open so she decided to open it with internet explorer now everything on the pc is trying to open with internet explorer,,,,can any1 tell me to change it back to normal

**Fernbay** · 15-08-10, 12:46 AM

Click the 'Start' button... In the box type 'default'
"Default programs" should show at the top of the list. Click it & change it back there.

**just dave** · 15-08-10, 01:02 AM

it wants me to open or run,,, windows explorer.ink

**Aboulaly** · 15-08-10, 01:28 AM

just do a system restore to the day before you downloaded the game.

**just dave** · 15-08-10, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by Aboulaly

just do a system restore to the day before you downloaded the game.

tried that it wont let me,,wont let me do anything

**Aboulaly** · 15-08-10, 06:35 AM

do a system restore from a windows 7 CD.

**bambbbam** · 15-08-10, 08:59 AM

If you open Firefox, does it ask you to make it the 'default browser' again?

**mickstv** · 15-08-10, 12:58 PM

Hi just dave, Have a look at the link below it should fix your problem. But be carefull and do a registry backup before messing with it ok.

Mickstv

**just dave** · 16-08-10, 11:07 AM

thx 4 every1s help fixed the problem,,,,,what would i do with out this site,,

**Aboulaly** · 16-08-10, 01:17 PM

how did you fix it? please share the method that worked for you, so others can benefit from it.
Thank you

**just dave** · 16-08-10, 04:01 PM

[QUOTE=Aboulaly;326122]how did you fix it? please share the method that worked for you, so others can benefit from it.
Thank you[/QUOTformatted the pc then we looked at Mickstv post if only we waited 5 minutes could of fixed it from his post

**Aboulaly** · 16-08-10, 06:28 PM

so that means you really didn't fix it, you just formatted. lol

**BCNZ** · 17-08-10, 08:30 AM

[quote=just dave;326166]

Originally Posted by Aboulaly

how did you fix it? please share the method that worked for you, so others can benefit from it.
Thank you[/QUOTformatted the pc then we looked at Mickstv post if only we waited 5 minutes could of fixed it from his post

Why did you format the drive? Was the sector table or MBR corrupt?

**just dave** · 19-08-10, 10:39 AM

[quote=Studio1;326344]

Originally Posted by just dave

Why did you format the drive? Was the sector table or MBR corrupt?

., the file may start a different program,,,this will work ,,,formatted the drive cause we couldnt work out the problem,,,then this link come up but we had already started the format. When you run an .exe file on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based computer