{"id":1282,"date":"2013-12-03T13:33:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T08:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2020-11-29T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T10:56:21","slug":"file-asso-fixes-for-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"File Association Fixes for Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some file association settings got mangled in your system? This page contains the default file association settings (.reg files<\/a>) for some common file types. These fixes are applicable for Windows\u00ae 8<\/b> systems only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AVI<\/a><\/td>\nBAT<\/a><\/td>\nBMP<\/a><\/td>\nCOM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EXE<\/a><\/td>\nGIF<\/a><\/td>\nHTM\/HTML<\/a><\/td>\nICO<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JPE\/JPEG\/JPG<\/a><\/td>\nJS<\/a><\/td>\nLNK<\/a><\/td>\nMP3<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MPE\/MPEG\/MPG<\/a><\/td>\nMSC<\/a><\/td>\nPNG<\/a><\/td>\nREG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SCR<\/a><\/td>\nTIF\/TIFF<\/a><\/td>\nTXT<\/a><\/td>\nVBS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WMA<\/a><\/td>\nWMV<\/a><\/td>\nXML<\/a><\/td>\nZIP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Directory<\/a><\/td>\nDrive<\/a><\/td>\nFolder<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Instructions<\/h2>\n

To fix the association for a particular file type:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Download the corresponding fix from the above table. (Use Right-click – Save Target as in your browser to download.)<\/li>\n
  2. Unzip the file and extract the .reg file to Desktop.<\/li>\n
  3. Right-click the REG file and choose Merge<\/b>. Alternately, start the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and use the Import<\/b> option from the File<\/b> menu to apply the REG file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n

    You need to be an administrator to apply these fixes.<\/p>\n

    For Windows 7 and Windows Vista, see File Association Fixes for Windows Vista and Windows 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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\u00ae 8 systems only.<\/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":[10],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-8","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1115,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/outlook-office-hyperlink-restrictions-error\/","url_meta":{"origin":1282,"position":0},"title":"How to Fix Outlook Hyperlink Restrictions Error","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When you click a hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook or other Office applications, you may receive one of the following errors, depending upon the version of Office installed. 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