Can't import FileExts key

I had to do a clean install of Windows 7 and exported HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

Now, when I try to import it - it seems to successfully import them via regedit, I can see the file types and associations in the registry, but when I click on the files they don't get opened by the corresponding programs.

kat

Posted 2017-06-27T15:38:58.047

Reputation: 175

Have you logged off and logged back on since doing the registry import? – Jeff Zeitlin – 2017-06-27T15:40:36.327

Yes, I even restarted. – kat – 2017-06-27T15:41:56.023

Answers

HKEY_CURRENT_USER is not a real thing; it doesn't actually exist. It is a view that the Windows API gives to HKEY_USERS\Your-SID where Your-SID is the Security Id associated with the current user's account.

You can find the SID's of accounts by starting CMD and typing in

wmic useraccount get name, sid

simon at rcl

Posted 2017-06-27T15:38:58.047

Reputation: 211

I think the problem is that I also had to export the applications registry where the paths to each app are stored. – kat – 2017-06-28T16:10:04.427