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There is no script engine for file extension <file extension>.

This file extension is not mapped to a script engine.

To correct this error

  1. Check your file extension and also the spelling of your scripting language designation.

  2. Use //E to designate a script engine.

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//E option requires name of script engine.
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Thomas Lee
What are the names for the script engines?
What are the names for the script engines?

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Thomas Lee
there is no script engine for file extension ".exe"
Sometimes after trojan / spyware / virus attack you try to load useful windows application like msconfig, msinfo, regedit or cmd and it tells you that annoying message.
The following solution regards a case when you ARE ABLE to load exe files but not specific application/s:

1st option:
search the registry for the name of MSConfig.exe and when you find a key named "Debbuger" with the value of somekind
just delete the value and leave it empty.
windows will no longer try to run a script engine to load the application.

2nd option:
rename the application you cant load to something else but similar for ease of remembering and run it.

3rd option:
if you can't run regedit at all there are plenty of of reg fixes or exe fixes for that:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
http://www.bahramov.com/2009/04/02/windows-xp-file-association-fixes/
also works in case you can't load any exe file or any other extension you can reg fix it by loading fixes to registry.
another place to reset your services to a good state is:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/registry.htm

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MarkinDublin
There is no script engine for file ext .vbs
This error message keeps popping up and besides getting it to stop wondered if it causing problems with my Act2008 software, which daily will "not respond" forcing me to reboot. Any help will be appreciated.
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