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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The XML repair needs another line (if you are recovering from an Adobe Dreamweaver hijack):
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\open\command]
@=”\”C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\OFFICE14\\MSOXMLED.EXE\” /verb open \”%1\”"
But thanks so much for this resource – You got me in the right place!!
Has anyone tried using the Vista PNG fix in Windows 7?
Thanks a lot you fix my problem, awesome tools.
Thanks a bunch! I downloaded the exe fix and it took care of my issue – after I had thrown everything else at it!
Thank you! You are a computer saver. I downloaded the exe and it worked.
You are the best :-)
Thanks… this was a huge help.
Thank you very much for all your help! I was completely lost and worried. Thank you again.
I want to thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I was pretty much contemplating throwing out my laptop a second before I found this.
Amazing work. Keep it up can’t thank you enough
Great help after a user got a trojan. The trojan was removed but the damage was not. This fixed the .exe issue.