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austinzor - 24 May 2008 17:30 GMT

i messed something up last night. i accidentally changed something to
make my program files open in windows media player. when i double click
on a program from my desktop, windows media player comes up and gives me
the "windows cannot play this file" message. how do i fix this?

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t-4-2 - 24 May 2008 18:31 GMT

austinzor;721200 Wrote:

> i messed something up last night. i accidentally changed something to
> make my program files open in windows media player. when i double click
> on a program from my desktop, windows media player comes up and gives me
> the "windows cannot play this file" message. how do i fix this?

Hello austinzor,
Do a system restore, choosing the date before you "messed something
up".

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austinzor - 24 May 2008 18:37 GMT

thank you, good sir.

scratch that, i tried to do a system restore. but, when i double
clicked on the system restore icon, windows media player popped up.

what am i to do?!

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t-4-2 - 24 May 2008 18:44 GMT

austinzor;721258 Wrote:

> thank you, good sir.
>
> scratch that, i tried to do a system restore. but, when i double
> clicked on the system restore icon, windows media player popped up.
>
> what am i to do?!

Hello austinzor,
Go to Safe Mode ( power off, then power back on. Use the "up"/"down"
arrow keys and navigate to Safe mode. Press ENTER key.) Now do a system
restore there.

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austinzor - 24 May 2008 19:38 GMT

t-4-2;721262 Wrote:

> Hello austinzor,
> Go to Safe Mode ( power off, then power back on. Use the "up"/"down"
> arrow keys and navigate to Safe mode. Press ENTER key.) Now do a system
> restore there.

i cannot find where the icon for system restore when im in safe mode.
any help?

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Mark L. Ferguson - 24 May 2008 19:52 GMT

HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/4/49.asp

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> t-4-2;721262 Wrote:
>> Hello austinzor,
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> i cannot find where the icon for system restore when im in safe mode.
> any help?

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t-4-2 - 24 May 2008 20:03 GMT

austinzor;721293 Wrote:

> i cannot find where the icon for system restore when im in safe mode.
> any help?

Hello austinzor,
Open Start menu( the round logo, bottom left corner), on the search
column( bottom left ), type System restore. Look up, click system
restore, click Continue or password when prompted. You are now on system
restore window. Click" Choose a different restore point", click Next.
Now pick the date Before you "messed up", click Next, click Finish.
System Restore is now in progress. Just wait.

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austinzor - 24 May 2008 20:16 GMT

t-4-2;721317 Wrote:

> Hello austinzor,
> Open Start menu( the round logo, bottom left corner), on the search
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Now pick the date Before you "messed up", click Next, click Finish.
> System Restore is now in progress. Just wait.

thank you very much, that worked.:)

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t-4-2 - 24 May 2008 20:20 GMT

austinzor;721318 Wrote:

> thank you very much, that worked.:)

Glad to hear. You are welcome.

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