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How do you associate the .exe file extension with a program in Windows?
I wanted to look at a shortcut or .exe file (not sure which, unfortunately) in Notepad, so I opened it right up (Open with ...).
Then I realized that I must have told the computer to always open such files with Notepad ... now everything is screwed up. Can't even figure out how to open the shell.
How do I undo this? Or have I already made a permanent change?
Similar to this question, but I'm not a power user, so I don't understand the answers. I thought this could be done through the control panel.
To make it more difficult, I'm on a french computer, and using Windows 7 (I think) which I'm not familiar with (always used XP).
Run
assoc .exe=exefile
in CMD – AminM – 2017-08-12T06:32:16.383Also similar: http://superuser.com/questions/210670/all-lnk-files-always-open-with-wordpad but the solution doesn't work.
– Matt Fenwick – 2011-12-03T16:08:23.580Related solution: http://superuser.com/q/354771/24500
– surfasb – 2011-12-29T13:03:59.993