file association

I was going to hex edit an *.exe-file and I accidentally associated all *.exes to open up in the hex-editor. Now I can't start any applications in that user profile. I know I could do a system restore or just backup the files and delete the account to solve the problem but that would cause some...

For some reason after switching from vista to 7, one of my files no longer opens with the proper program. I tried to change it the normal way (right clicking it and going to open with, clicking on browse and choosing the correct program) but whenever I do that it simply goes back to the original...

I recently upgraded from XP to OS 7 on a computer. I have all my programs on a seperate D: drive. How do you associate them in the Program files? I really don't want to reinstall all of the programs.

Hi, I've recently installed windows 7 Pro x64. i've noticed that inspite me using a 64bit OS , Internet explorer and Media player are running the 32 bit version. is there a way to change this? I also tried to pin the 64 bit versions onto the taskbar but I don't have the options that are...

I'm new to win 7 and so far I am liking it. I hope someone can help me out or point me in the right direction. This is what I would like win 7 to do for me: I created a desktop icon that can open a program (good so far). This program uses .dat files that can be loaded and ran from this program...

SOLVED: problem changing a particular file association Hello! I have a problem trying to change the program associated with a particular file extension. I was trying out different programs to find out how they could handle that particular file type, setting them as the default program and...

When I see a .doc file in windows explorer I see it like this: Link Removed due to 404 Error When it should look like this: Link Removed due to 404 Error I originally had .doc files opened in word pad before I installed Office. It's a small detail but I find things like this very annoying. I...

Hi Guys Am finding jpg. files attached to Thunderbird emails will not open successfully. If I double click on the attachment, Live Photo Viewer opens and then shuts immediately. Only way to view files is to detach and move. All file associations are correct, so not thought to be the problem...

Hello, I've made script to associate video files with MPlayer (not WMP). It's simple .bat file, here's part of it: ftype MPlayer.Video=\"%~dp0mplayer.exe\" \"%%1\" \"%%*\" 1>nul assoc .avi=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc .mkv=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc .flv=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc...

Hey Folks quick background, windows 7 64 bit My desktop icons for any of my office documents, mainly so far word and excel show up as like a unknown file icon. They load up fine in word or whatever the file is, just its annoying that work docs dont have the word doc logo and so on. The...

Windows 7 Build 7077 Problem 1 I don't know when but I have started to have some system sound problems. I first noticed the problem when I launched Play 65 Backgammon and although the game works OK no sound is heard during the game. Also email sound notification of custom sounds have also...

In my emails, when I would get more than one picture. I could view pictures in a slide show, which when clicked opened windows photo gallery and I could view slide slow. Now for some reason my slide show is opens in windows live photo gallery. How do I get it to open in windows photo gallery and...

Hello everyone. I'm dealing with a weird issue here. It seems that I have lost the icons to all my programs. They are all white!!! I can use all the applications with no problems. The strange part about this is if I restart my computer the icons show up fine in the start menu, but as soon as...

Hello, I've uninstalled Windows media player and installed KMPlayer. However, for some reason, the icons that WMP had associated (avi for example) are now blank (like for a unknown file type), and will not change even if the file is associated with KMPlayer (double-clicking on the file opens...

All my mp3 files have an iTunes icon instead of the Windows Media Player icon, even though I have set WMP as the default program. In going into the imagere file, I find that there is no WMP icon to choose from - only the iTunes icon. So my questions are 1) how did that happen? and 2) how do I...

I have 5 app icons on my desktop that have the "unknown file" icon on top of them, try as i might i cannot get them to go back to normal. i'll post a jpeg as an attachment so you can see. Also, can you tell me how to post a screen shot directly into my posts? thnks in advance dorf on windows

I accidently chose Windows Photo Gallery to be the default program to open all of my picture files on the computer, and now it has virtually taken over! I tried to change it back using the "autoplay" selection in the control panel, but it does not seem to change anything. Does anyone have...

Ok, I'm using COWON jetAudio as my media player in Windows 7 (I've been using this all in one media player for years now, and I love it.) And I'm trying to associate all of the file types to jetAudio. When I go into the jetAudio preferences, and check all file types, it doesn't work properly...

I used movie maker quite a bit for all my RC videos so I was a bit disappointed by it's absence in Windows 7. So, I was browsing my backups looking for a program I used under Vista and saw the Movie Maker directory. I thought, Hmmm, worth a try. I copied the Program Files\Movie Maker...

hi everyone... just installed adobe creative suite 4 and just before that i had installed adobe CS3... and after installing CS4, my SWF files just won't open anymore... it give's me: 'Error executing program!' i'm using Vista 64bit Ultimate btw... how can i set this manually? cause i know Flash...