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Asked Sep 3, 2010, 09:35 AM — 4 Answers
All my exe files and all the icons have been changed.they look like vlc media player.when I run any programme it opens in vlc player.obviously it can not and an error comes.I don't know how to correct aal of them..

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Sep 3, 2010, 09:49 AM
Try doing a system restore to a point before your icons changed.

What version of Windows are you running? (XP, Vista, & etc)
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Sep 3, 2010, 09:55 AM
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Try doing a system restore to a point before your icons changed.

What version of Windows are you running? (XP, Vista, & etc)
I am using windows 7.

I have tried to restore sytem but system restore failed.

Can not restore system.
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Sep 7, 2010, 02:01 AM
What's your operating system & what happened before the change, give us more detail..
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Nov 12, 2012, 05:11 AM
I am using windows 7

All my exe files and all the icons have been changed.they look like vlc media player.when I run any programme it opens in vlc player.obviously it can not and an error comes
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