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Old 14-08-2008
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File association fixes for Windows Vista

Recently I was trying to open up an .exe file from a download manager & it gave me the option of open with. Accidently I chose Windows Media player and from that time onwards all my .exe files are opening in Windows Media player. Please help me. Thank you
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For user who wants all the file association fixes, here’s a compressed zip file vista_extfix.zip that contains all of the individual file extension association fixes above.
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Here are some fixes for some of the most common file types. Note that the fixes are applicable for Windows Vista systems only.

Usage instructions

To fix the association for a particular file type, download the corresponding fix from the attached files (Use Right-click - Save as option in your browser to download the fixes). Unzip the fix and extract the .REG file to the Desktop. Right-click the REG file and choose Merge. Note that you need to be an administrator to apply these fixes.

File association fixes are attached below

File association fixes include fixes for audiocd , avifix, batfix, bmpfix,chmfix, cmdfix, comfix, dirfix, drivefix, dvr-ms.
Attached Files
File Type: zip audiocd_vista.zip (624 Bytes, 27 views)
File Type: zip avifix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 21 views)
File Type: zip batfix_vista.zip (737 Bytes, 17 views)
File Type: zip bmpfix_vista.zip (1.5 KB, 12 views)
File Type: zip chmfix_vista.zip (439 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip cmdfix_vista.zip (755 Bytes, 18 views)
File Type: zip comfix_vista.zip (581 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip dirfix_vista.zip (1.5 KB, 13 views)
File Type: zip drivefix_vista.zip (1.4 KB, 15 views)
File Type: zip dvr-ms_vista.zip (1.8 KB, 13 views)
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Some More File association fixes attached below:

File association fixes include fixes for exefix, folderfix, giffix, htmfix, htmlfix, icofix, inffix, jpefix, jpegfix, jpgfix.
Attached Files
File Type: zip exefix_vista.zip (632 Bytes, 76 views)
File Type: zip folderfix_vista.zip (1.2 KB, 18 views)
File Type: zip giffix_vista.zip (837 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip htmfix_vista.zip (1.0 KB, 15 views)
File Type: zip htmlfix_vista.zip (1,016 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip icofix_vista.zip (872 Bytes, 17 views)
File Type: zip inffix_vista.zip (650 Bytes, 12 views)
File Type: zip jpefix_vista.zip (1.0 KB, 18 views)
File Type: zip jpegfix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 19 views)
File Type: zip jpgfix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 18 views)
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Here are some more File association fixes attached below:

File association fixes include fixes for jsfix, lnkfix, mp3fix, mpefix, mpegfix, mpgfix, mscfix, regfix, scrfix, tifffix.
Attached Files
File Type: zip jsfix_vista.zip (957 Bytes, 15 views)
File Type: zip lnkfix_vista.zip (990 Bytes, 24 views)
File Type: zip mp3fix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 16 views)
File Type: zip mpefix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 14 views)
File Type: zip mpegfix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 17 views)
File Type: zip mpgfix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 17 views)
File Type: zip mscfix_vista.zip (620 Bytes, 17 views)
File Type: zip regfix_vista.zip (667 Bytes, 25 views)
File Type: zip scrfix_vista.zip (594 Bytes, 17 views)
File Type: zip tifffix_vista.zip (962 Bytes, 14 views)
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Final list of File association fixes attached below:

File association fixes include fixes for tiffix, txtfix, vbsfix, wmafix, wmvfix, wsffix, xmlfix, xpsfix, zipfix.
Attached Files
File Type: zip tiffix_vista.zip (960 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip txtfix_vista.zip (820 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip vbsfix_vista.zip (876 Bytes, 16 views)
File Type: zip wmafix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 16 views)
File Type: zip wmvfix_vista.zip (1.1 KB, 14 views)
File Type: zip wsffix_vista.zip (804 Bytes, 14 views)
File Type: zip xmlfix_vista.zip (632 Bytes, 20 views)
File Type: zip xpsfix_vista.zip (937 Bytes, 16 views)
File Type: zip zipfix_vista.zip (1,009 Bytes, 20 views)
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Re: File association fixes for Windows Vista

Thank You For Sharing.

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