{"id":1163,"date":"2007-09-05T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2007-09-05T16:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2019-05-12T03:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T03:00:28","slug":"unassociate-file-types-windows-7-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/unassociate-file-types-windows-7-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"A Utility to Unassociate File Types in Windows 7 and Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a utility that helps you unassociate a file type quickly in your Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer without the need to edit the registry manually. Windows 7 &#038; Vista do not provide a GUI option to unassociate file types, thus the need arises for such a tool below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related article:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-file-association-windows\/\">How to Remove a File Association Using the Registry Editor?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Unassociate file types in Windows 7 &#038; Windows Vista<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Download <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/unassoc_1_4.zip\">unassoc.zip<\/a><\/b> and save to Desktop <\/li>\n<li>Extract the contents to a folder and run the file <b>unassoc.exe<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Select the file type from the list <\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Remove file association (User)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The user-specific association for the chosen file type is now removed from the registry. The system will now use the global file association settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/articles\/content_images\/unassoc.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Command<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Description<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Remove file association (User)<\/td>\n<td>Removes the user-specific association (via the <strong>Open With<\/strong> dialog) for the chosen file type. <em>Note that this button will remain dimmed if there is no user-specific association for the file type.<\/em> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delete file type<\/td>\n<td>Deletes the file type completely from the registry. Both the user-specific and global associations for the chosen file type is removed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Refresh list<\/td>\n<td>Refreshes the list box contents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a utility that helps you unassociate a file type quickly in your Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer without the need to edit the registry manually. Windows 7 &#038; Vista do not provide a GUI option to unassociate file types, thus the need arises for such a tool below. Related article:How to Remove &#8230; <a title=\"A Utility to Unassociate File Types in Windows 7 and Vista\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/unassociate-file-types-windows-7-vista\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Utility to Unassociate File Types in Windows 7 and Vista\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25987,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cant-associate-jpg-png-files-default-apps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1163,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Can&#8217;t Change File Association via Default Apps in Windows 11","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After installing third-party software on your Windows 11 computer, the ability to associate file types such as JPG, JPE, JPEG, PNG, MPG, MPEG, and other file types may be hampered. Here are the issues you may encounter when attempting to change the file association for the said file types. 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This happens if the\u00a0IsShortcut registry value for .lnk files (Shortcuts) is deleted\u00a0in an attempt to hide the overlay icon\u00a0in\u00a0shortcuts. To resolve the problem, re-create the IsShortcut registry value. Method 1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3082,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-file-association-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":1163,"position":2},"title":"How to Remove File Type Associations Using Registry Editor","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Associating a file type with a program can be done using several ways, such as using the Open with... dialog and selecting the \"Always use this app to open\" checkbox, or via Default Programs or Default Apps. 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