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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Sorry, “mergine” should be “merging”; that is, reading and processing the .REG file.
@ Bob Rasmussen,
What do you mean with mergine. I am Dutch, soorry that I don’t know what that mean. Google translate can’t tell me.
Greetz Remco.
Those of you having trouble merging the .REG file: are you working on Windows 7 or Vista, perhaps? If so, try this: Find your CMD icon on the dektop or Start menu, right-click it, and select “Run as administrator”. The title bar should now say “Administrator: cmd.exe – Shortcut”. Then try mergine the .reg in this window.
Please report back: did this solve it? What Windows version are you on? Are you an administrative user?
Hey, i’ve downloaded the .reg , tried to merge, but it gave me an error saying Not all Data was succesfully wirtten to the registry. Some Keys are open by the system or other processes.
Could you please send me a message back..
Thank you in advance
Hey I have the same problem as renee
after i click merge it gets to saying
the registry is open and some keys cannot be accessed because they are in use.
Do excuse me Ramesh, but what does these “fixes” exactly fix?
Please do the same for PDF.
Can you describe what is different in Windows 7 that impacts file associations? It appears that ShellExecute now follows the UserChoice, where XP did not. But I haven’t found documentation of that.
I cannot gain access to the registry. When I try to merge the file it says the registry is open and some keys cannot be accessed because they are in use.
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you saved me and my computer from formating