File Association Problem

Somehow... and I wish I knew how, all executable file associations became
associated with Adobe Reader. licking every .exe file would open Acrobat.

If would right click on an a .exe in Explorer, there was no option to "Open
With", only "Read", so I could not reset this. Under the Defaul option in
Control Panel, .exe is not an extension that can be modified.

I uninstalled Acrobat, and all my executables were back to n ormal. Great!
Until I reinstalled Acrobat, and all associations reverted to Acrobat.

I need Acrobat, but also my executables (duh!).

How can I fix this?

Thanks - Ron

/RonM/ said:
> Somehow... and I wish I knew how, all executable file associations became
> associated with Adobe Reader. licking every .exe file would open Acrobat.
>
> If would right click on an a .exe in Explorer, there was no option to "Open
> With", only "Read", so I could not reset this. Under the Defaul option in
> Control Panel, .exe is not an extension that can be modified.
>
> I uninstalled Acrobat, and all my executables were back to n ormal. Great!
> Until I reinstalled Acrobat, and all associations reverted to Acrobat.
>
> I need Acrobat, but also my executables (duh!).
>
> How can I fix this?

One possible approach...install Foxit reader instead.

Much smaller, faster here. Same FREE price, and does the job nicely.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Hi Ron,

While you have Adobe Acrobat uninstalled, click on the "exe" in the box
at this site to download a fix that will restore the default
associations for "exe" for you. Afterwards, you should be able to
install Adobe again without any problems.

'File association fixes for Windows Vista'