{"id":1401,"date":"2015-12-30T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2020-11-29T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T10:54:46","slug":"file-association-fixes-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-association-fixes-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"File Association Fixes for Windows 10 (Defaults)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the list of file association fixes (Windows defaults) for some of the common file types. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-use-reg-files-registration-entries-windows\/\">registry fixes<\/a> are applicable for Windows\u00ae 10 only.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#dff4fd\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/avi_fix_w10.zip\">AVI<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/img_fix_w10.zip\">IMG<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/txt_fix_w10.zip\">TXT<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/bat_fix_w10.zip\">BAT<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/inf_fix_w10.zip\">INF<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/url_fix_w10.zip\">URL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/bmp_fix_w10.zip\">BMP<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/jpeg_fix_w10.zip\">JPE\/JPEG\/JPG<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/vbs_fix_w10.zip\">VBS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/chm_fix_w10.zip\">CHM<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/js_fix_w10.zip\">JS<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/wma_fix_w10.zip\">WMA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/cmd_fix_w10.zip\">CMD<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/lnk_fix_w10.zip\">LNK<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/wmv_fix_w10.zip\">WMV<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/com_fix_w10.zip\">COM<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/mp3_fix_w10.zip\">MP3<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/xml_fix_w10.zip\">XML<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/exe_fix_w10.zip\">EXE<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/png_fix_w10.zip\">PNG<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/zip_fix_w10.reg\">ZIP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/gif_fix_w10.zip\">GIF<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/reg_fix_w10.zip\">REG<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/directory_fix_w10.zip\">Directory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/html_fix_w10.zip\">HTM\/HTML<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/scr_fix_w10.zip\">SCR<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/drive_fix_w10.zip\">Drive<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/ico_fix_w10.zip\">ICO<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/tiff_fix_w10.zip\">TIF\/TIFF<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/folder_fix_w10.zip\">Folder<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> REG files have plain-text content, viewable using a text editor like Notepad, just in case you want to see the contents before applying.<\/p>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the corresponding fix from the above table. (Use Right-click \u2013 Save as option in your browser to download the fixes.)<\/li>\n<li>Unzip the file and extract the .reg file to Desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the REG file and choose <b>Merge<\/b>. Alternately, you can open the Registry Editor and then using the <b>Import<\/b> option from the <b>File<\/b> menu, to merge the REG file contents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that you need to be an administrator to apply these fixes.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">File association registry fixes for<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-7\/\">Windows Vista<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-7\/\">Windows 7<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-8\/\">Windows 8<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the list of file association fixes (Windows defaults) for some of the common file types. These registry fixes are applicable for Windows\u00ae 10 only. AVI IMG TXT BAT INF URL BMP JPE\/JPEG\/JPG VBS CHM JS WMA CMD LNK WMV COM MP3 XML EXE PNG ZIP GIF REG Directory HTM\/HTML SCR Drive ICO TIF\/TIFF &#8230; <a title=\"File Association Fixes for Windows 10 (Defaults)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/file-association-fixes-windows-10\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about File Association Fixes for Windows 10 (Defaults)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[209,441],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-file-association","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":1401,"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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