Well, I'm glad this happened this week and not last.
I was networking my accounting system to my production computer so that I could create invoices in the back after completing a job. In the process of doing so, I have run into a major problem that System Restore didn't even fix.
When I click on any program icon, the operating system opens my accounting program. When I check all of my file associations, everything looks correct.
I tried to re-install Windows XP, but when I click on the install button, it opens my accounting software. I disconnected my network cable and Windows asked me what program I wanted to open the install file with, I browsed to the setup.exe file on the CD, and it did not execute the program.
The same thing happened on my laptop that is networked and newer, but the restore took care of the problem on that machine. That tells me that the problem is in XP. |