OR do this

1. Click the Start button and type ''regedit'' in the Search box.
2. Right-click ''Regedit.exe'' in the returned list and click ''Run as Administrator''.
3. Browse to the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
4. With .exe selected, right-click on ''(Default)'' and click ''Modify''
5. Change the Value data: to ''exefile''
6. Browse to and then click on the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile
7. With exefile selected, right-click on ''(Default)'' and click ''Modify''
8. Change the Value data: to ''%1'' %*
9. Browse to and then click on the following registry key:
KEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open
10. Select open. Right-click on ''(Default)'' and click ''Modify''.
11. Change the Value data: to ''%1'' %*
12. Close the Registry Editor and restart your machine.

the uninstaller corrupted the .exe file extension association. The registry must be corrected to address this behavior.

1. Create a new text file and save it on your desktop.
2. Open the file.
3. Paste the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.exe]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.exe]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.exeOpenWithList]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.exeOpenWithProgids]
''exefile''=hex(0):

4. Click ''Save As'' and modify the type ''Text documents *.txt'' to ''All Files (*)''. Save on the desktop, as fix_exe.reg.
5. Double-click the fix_exe.reg file.