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I opened a program (.exe) with Microsoft's Notepad, just to see what would happen, and apparently all .exe files now open with Notepad. How do I fix this? Even explorer.exe now opens with Notepad. I am using a Windows 7 computer. I thought (using Task Manager) ending explore.exe and reopening it would fix it but since that opens with Notepad, it didn't. I only have a few programs open that were opened before I messed up, which is how I am able to ask this. Please help!
A Child of God
Posted 2017-01-20T16:12:25.757
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can you post an image of your registery at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exewith all nodes expanded? – Frank Thomas – 2017-01-20T16:27:03.357How do I do that? – A Child of God – 2017-01-20T16:27:19.850
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see several techniques here: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/fix-or-restore-broken-exe-lnk-com-association-caused-by-virus/
– Frank Thomas – 2017-01-20T16:30:23.123I got explorer.exe back by typing explorer.exe in command prompt. So things are little better. – A Child of God – 2017-01-20T16:41:39.693
@FrankThomas one of the solutions found in that link worked. Thanks for the help – A Child of God – 2017-01-20T16:43:42.480