This page contains the file association fixes for some of the common file types. These fixes are applicable for Windows® 7 systems only.
| AVI | ICO | REG |
| BAT | IMG | SCR |
| BMP | INF | TIF/TIFF |
| CHM | JPE/JPEG/JPG | TXT |
| CMD | JS | VBS |
| COM | LNK | WMA |
| EXE | MP3 | WMV |
| GIF | MPE/MPEG/MPG | XML |
| HTM/HTML | MSC | ZIP |
| Directory | Drive | Folder |
Instructions
To fix the association for a particular file type:
1. Download the corresponding fix from the above table. (Use Right-click – Save as option in your browser to download the fixes.)
2. Unzip the file and extract the .REG file to Desktop.
3. Right-click the REG file and choose Merge. Alternately, you can open the Registry Editor and then using the Import option from the File menu, to merge the REG file contents.
Note that you need to be an administrator to apply these fixes.
For Windows Vista, visit the File association fixes for Windows Vista page.
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THANKS I merged, then restarted and it fixed it.
It is like a magic. Thanks!
Thank you so much!! Couldn’t open my file folders. Worked perfectly.
That was quite Excellent and very easy, I was trying to solve this from an hour. but couldn’t succeed as I opened this site I take 1 min to fix my problem. First I click ico and then lnk. Then unzip these exe. Done :)