Help Please. A friend can no longer use system restore.

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6. If you can get sysem restore

to work in safe mode or by using the command line in the first post that is probably easiest. If the original error was that system restore is a lnk file then using command prompt to run rstrui.exe should work.

If no luck you probably want to figure out which associations are broken.

You can go to Control Panel and then Folder Options. Under the View tab untick the box for "Hide Extensions for Known Filetypes" and hit Apply. This will cause the full file names to show including the three letter extension that tells which type of file it is (ie. .txt .exe .lnk) which will help you narrow down which associations aren't working.

Then depending on the operating system you want to run a .reg file to fix the associated file types. Now, we know .lnk files are broken so you can definitely run that one. Anything else you may want to ask although all three sites are reputable and these .reg files just set things back to Microsoft defaults. The Win7 link explains the process very well but you must use the .reg file for your specific OS. Basically you just download the file and right-click it and select Merge. Say OK to the warning and that is it.

XP: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Vista: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

Win7: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html