file ext. problem

1st off, I keep all my stuff up to date. Spybot S&D, Spyware blaster, Adwatch and Ad-Aware etc etc. I run this stuff multiple times a day. And I use AVG for mailscanning etc.

This morning I start up my pc and one of my apps says that something tried to alter a protected registry setting. So I have to hit block continuously. Until; all the windows close. Right after that, ALL my exes are rendered useless, and they are now.lnk files.

You would think all the spyware goodies I got for protection would stop this kinda thing. This is the second time this has happened. I can`t find a fix. I can`t get into the registry. The only thing I can do is surf the web apparently. Any ideas? Thx.

I need some kind of bat file I think, cause whatever I d/l to my pc, the exe is rendered useless. There has to be a file ext. reg fix somewhere. System Restore doesn`t work eiether.

 

Ok. I got all the exes in folders working, how can I reassociate the desktop exes and the start programs menus shortcuts? Thx.

 

That doesn`t work for what I had. But here is the fix I found. 1st, I had found a VBS script that allowed me to get my registry working again. Then I did Snoopys suggestion from this forum link:

http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/132017.html

I tellyas, I dunno wtf happened. I needed to update back to dx 9.0c, cause for some odd reason my dx reverted back to dx 8. Then I had to get all my windows updates again, reload a few drivers etc. Whatever it was, ya got me.

 

" ALL my exes are rendered useless, and they are now.lnk files."

This sort of means ALL EXEs to me. lol ALL means every EXE was rendered useless=no exes would run. Thx anyways. How pray tell does this kind of thing happen? What can do this?