can't open .exe files windows 10

Thanks for responding.  All OK now.

I know this thread is old, but I'm posting this here just in case others have this same problem.  

In my case, I started with a new machine with Windows 10 installed on it.  I downloaded a file with an exe extension and another with a zip extension.  When I double clicked on the exe file to execute it, it would bring up the window asking me to choose the program to run the file with. The same issue happened with the zip file. After several frustrating hours trying to figure out what was going on with this, I copied the zip file over to another computer and double clicked on it.  Same thing happened.  As it turns out, upon download, the browser or computer is  changing the "." before the extension to "_".  I changed the "_" to a "." and all is well.

Can u tell me what you are opening the file with? All I have is notebook and it doesn't work. I changed the _ to a . like you said

Nothing happens . The computer just stops.

I have the same problem with JPG files.

Thanks for help

Henry

Hello there!

I recently installed a game on steam called "One Shot"

it is a fun game, but it requires me to open a .exe file

in order to continue the game

when I try to open the .exe file, I get an error message saying

" Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the apropriate permissions to access the item. "

I really want to finish this game, but my parents recently installed windows 10, so I don't know if it has something to do with that or not. It would be great if you could help me!