Windows Installer Switching On Inappropriately

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Anon

Starting yesterday, the Windows Installer began to switch on when I
would click a totally unrelated command, liking loading a program or
clicking a link. Windows Installer would start up, begin to
configure Word 2002, and persist despite a dozen or so clicks on
'cancel.' I finally had to disable the service, which is not really
good, since it controls various resources other than installing
programs. What could possibly have caused this problem, and what can
I do to set it right again?
 
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°Mike°

<Followup-To set to 24hoursupport.helpdesk>

It sounds like your executable file association has been
compromised. Copy/paste the following into Notepad,
and save is as a .reg file. Merge the .reg file into your
registry by double clicking on it, or right click/merge.
NOTE: Everything between [ and ] MUST be one line
only, and there must be a blank line at the end.

***** <-- omit this line
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"
"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
@="Application"
"EditFlags"=hex:d8,07,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]
@=""
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

***** <-- omit this line
 
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