File Association Fixes for Windows 8

Some file association settings got mangled in your system? This page contains the default file association settings (.reg files) for some common file types. These fixes are applicable for Windows® 8 systems only.

AVI BAT BMP COM
EXE GIF HTM/HTML ICO
JPE/JPEG/JPG JS LNK MP3
MPE/MPEG/MPG MSC PNG REG
SCR TIF/TIFF TXT VBS
WMA WMV XML 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 Target as in your browser to download.)
  2. Unzip the file and extract the .reg file to Desktop.
  3. Right-click the REG file and choose Merge. Alternately, start the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and use the Import option from the File menu to apply the REG file.

Note: REG files have plain-text content, can be viewable using a text editor like Notepad, just in case you want to see the contents before applying.

You need to be an administrator to apply these fixes.

For Windows 7 and Windows Vista, see File Association Fixes for Windows Vista and Windows 7.


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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a ten-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award in Windows Desktop Experience (Windows Shell), from 2003 to 2012. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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