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12york
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Since getting a new computer using Vista home premium and using Firefox as my default browser, I get the following message when trying to open some programmes via shortcuts on the desktop.
"Windows cannot find (name of programme or file) . Make sure that you have typed the name correctly and then try again"
The programme or file then opens ok , but the message box is still there when I exit the application. I read somewhere that add ons in firefox could cause this , so I updated them and deleted the Google tool bar, but to no avail. Has anybiody got a solution for this please? 
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jesus_disciple
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There's a little known fault with Vista that it can sometimes drop the wireless signal, more so than XP. That may be your problem.
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FifeFlyer
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I'm presuming you are using version 2.0.0.12. There was a bug in earlier versions of Firefox that gave this problem. Now i am talking about some time ago so this work around may or may not work as i don't know if this is a known problem for the latest version.
Anyway , create a restore point first or take a note of the settings you're going to change , just in case you want to change back should it not work .( providing you want to give this a try ).
This is the work around for XP , but as I'm not familiar with Vista i'll have to guess you get there by roughly the same method.
Try this :
a. Open windows Explorer
b. Select Tools and then Folder Options
c. Select the File Types tab
d. Select Extension: (NONE), File Type: HyperText Transfer Protocol
e. Click Advanced toward the bottom of the window
f. In the Edit File Type window, select open and click Edit
g. Clear the DDE message box (which should contain "%1")
e. Click OK, Click OK
f. Repeat for File Type: HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy
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12york
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Thanks to you both for your help. Unfortunately, Vista seems to have completely different terminology and layout to XP. Going to IE/tools is as far as I get. There is no mention of Folder option or file types or anything else mentioned in your post!! I shall just have to keep on searching. Thanks again for trying.
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mmortal03
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Yep, in Vista that won't work. You have to follow the directions at the following page and manually edit your registry:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Windows_error_...x#Registry_edit
I had the same problem just now, followed those steps, and it is now fixed.
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greysts
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Thank you for that link. I've had that error for ages in both XP and Vista and never bothered to do anything about it as I just opened Firefox first before clicking on the link. Not only that, your link told me I had an out of date version of Adblock Plus as well! Good find.
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12york
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Thanks for that link. I'm glad that other people have managed to solve this problem using the link. Unfortunately, I'm not experienced enough to follow the directions for editing the registry and have not got any further than opening up the Registry!! I've tried to find the items in step 2 but can't find it. I just know that I am not doing it right. Can you possibly walk me through the steps from No. 2 onwards?
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greysts
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I assume you've got as far as running Regedit, is that right? On the left hand side of the Registry Editor you should see something called HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT with a + sign next to it. Click on that plus sign and you'll get a huge list of things open up beneath it. Scan down that list (it's in alphabetical order) until you find an entry called HTTP, again with a + next to it. Again click on the plus sign and scan down the resultant list until you find shell. Keep following the same process until you get to ddeexec. Right click on the word ddeexec and choose Delete. That gets rid of the first one. Then go all the way back up the top of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree and head back down again looking for HTTPS. Delete the ddeexec key. Do the same for the others mentioned in that link. When you've finished, OK all the way out then reboot your PC.
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.
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12york
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I assume you've got as far as running Regedit, is that right? On the left hand side of the Registry Editor you should see something called HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT with a + sign next to it. Click on that plus sign and you'll get a huge list of things open up beneath it. Scan down that list (it's in alphabetical order) until you find an entry called HTTP, again with a + next to it. Again click on the plus sign and scan down the resultant list until you find shell. Keep following the same process until you get to ddeexec. Right click on the word ddeexec and choose Delete. That gets rid of the first one. Then go all the way back up the top of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree and head back down again looking for HTTPS. Delete the ddeexec key. Do the same for the others mentioned in that link. When you've finished, OK all the way out then reboot your PC.
Thank you so much for all your help! I'm delighted to say that I have managed to do it and that pesky message has disappeared. Since I retired, the computer has become a bit of a hobby of mine and it's great to keep on learning and to know that there are folk out there willing to share their knowledge. Thanks again. 
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