Choose the program you want to use to open this file error

[bbbbb90]

Hello, I have used Malwarebytes in safe mode to remove the XP Antivirus pro virus on my windows xp SP 3 machine and got no errors after a couple of scans. When I try to go into XP in normal mode and try to run any program, double click, Run, etc, I get a pop up box that says to "Choose the program you want to use to open this file" for a .exe. I saw a similar topic regarding Vista and tried to search for a similar thread with XP and could not find one.

Can someone either please redirect me or help with this issue?

Thanks in advance!!!

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