windowsxp wont let me open exe...

well i just did a fresh install on a new 160g seagate, and windows xp wont let me open any of the .exe or .txt from my backed up data. is there a fix for this? i been searching forums like crazy there has to be a way to fix it

are you sure that you did not get infected by a virus when migrating the backed up data?

If you were directly connected to the internet and not behind a firewall (sw/hw) while you did your install, you prolly got nailed with a virus. Go here and get avg and run it,
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php
and do all the windows updates etc.

When you say "windows xp wont let me open any of the .exe or .txt from my backed up data", what do you mean by Windows won't let you open them? Are you receiving an error message...what's happening exactly when you try to run an executable or open a text file?

i had a similar problem with sp2...u double click and NOTHING happens

Are you restoring the files from the image or are you trying to run them from the image... You will need to extract them.

What exactly do you mean - what happens when you try to open the file, and where are you trying to open them from?

Also, to help understand exactly what the problem is - if you click on the txt file to open it, it won't launch your default txt application (I assume notepad) right? If you open notepad and navigate to the file you are trying to open through the file>open menu dialog box, what happens and do you receive an error?

i had a similar problem with sp2...u double click and NOTHING happens

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exactly what happens, i formated and recovered with getdataback ntfs....but i did fresh install and everythings workin now, you guys rock thanks for the advice and help