Windows 7 changed "Open with" and can't change it back

Saltgrass

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• Jun 10, 2012

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You might try opening a command prompt window. Type the following command and see what it reports.

assoc .exe

If it shows =exefile, this association is already set. If it shows something else, type this:

assoc .exe=exefile

This should reset at least part of the associations, but may not solve all problems.

Edit: If you can't open a command prompt, by the normal method, or double clicking it, we will have to try another method.

 

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• Jun 10, 2012

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Hello The Doomed, Link Removed to Windows 7 Forums,


Try starting your PC in "Safe Mode" and perform a "System Restore" to a point before you made the change. This should solve all the problems.

Hope this helps
Don

 

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