You'll need a new app to open this .exe file

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A couple of things, firstly I am unable to open ANY application unless I run as administrator, or else "You'll need a new app to open this .exe file" appears.

This dialogue box also appears every now and then which is insanely annoying.


I am unable to open apps on the taskbar, it will show the file path then say "Application not found".


I tried to download Windows 10 May 2020 Update. Strangely I am unable to open the Windows10Upgrade9295.exe (I tried one of the solutions I found elsewhere which was to update Windows.) When I try to run as administrator, this appears:

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What I have tried:

  1. Run safe mode
  2. Check whether the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command default value data is “%1” %*
  3. Run a scan with MalwareBytes
  4. Attempted to upgrade windows but unable to open the exe file to upgrade it


I would really appreciate it if anyone here can help me. Many thanks!

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