right click on program > "%1" %* instead of run

Question

I have windows 7 and downloaded a program (.exe possibly containing a virus), but didn't install it. Then I right clicked on the program > open with > notepad (always use this program not selected), which opened notepad with an error. All programs got the notepad file icon and opened with notepad.

After searching Microsoft help pages and contacting technical support, I followed this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2688326. Which solved the problem (i can now run programs). However now if I right click on a program which is supposed to say run as the first option it says "%1" %*

can someone with Windows 7 home premium tell me what it says in the three registries, it speaks about in the link.

@Amirreza Nasiri your answer is only based on a spelling mistake I made (and corrected) in the question. and therefore didn't solve the problem.

Answer 1

instead of typing "%1" %* in the last two registries type Run .

thanks to Microsoft support.

apparently it just needs to be the same characters in both registries. (that's how i understood it.)

Answer 2

What you have to do is go back to where you changed the file under exefile/open and then clear it and also clear the sub folder under open also which is called command and it will correct it back to normal seeing is that was the default values befor e the change.

Answer 3

According to the article, in the "Let me fix it myself" session steps 8 and 11 where you should change the Value data: to "%1" %* at both these paths:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open

You made mistake and changed it to "%1"%* instead of "%1" %*. You should note that there is a Space character between second quotation mark and second percent characters.