XP looses .EXE file association

Recently I had a PC with a strange problem. After removing some spyware/virii, it would no longer allow any .exe files to execute. Simply renaming them to .com often fixed the problem, but that wasn't a real fix. I did some web searches, and despite not finding any reference to this problem on Microsoft's website, eventually found this web site, which contains registry files that fix file associations for a variety of file extensions.

PC Decrapifier

No kidding - that's really the name of this nifty utility. It removes all the useless, bloated garbage that is typically preinstalled on many new PCs.

Download it here!