Default File Associations - Restore in Windows 8

John Martinez · Jun 1, 2013

I have the same problem but is when i try to open the local drive C and the others. what kind of file can i download?

Brink · Jun 1, 2013

John Martinez said:
I have the same problem but is when i try to open the local drive C and the others. what kind of file can i download?

Hello John, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Could you please provide more details on what problem you are having when you try to open drives?

If you mean the you get a program not associated type error, then you could download and merge the .reg file for the listed drive option to restore it's default associations and registry entries to hopefully fix this for you.

Hope this helps,

Shawn

8penguin · Jun 22, 2013

I had the same issue on my Windows 8 (x64bit) desktop where .bat files were opening my text editor.
I tried all the fixes I could find on the internet but no luck. I was finally able to diagnose the problem by associating .bat files with a unique exe like "rumplestiltskin123.exe". Then I searched registry for all occurrences of "rumplestiltskin123".
It turns out I needed to remove the following roaming registry key which is not included in your downloadable reg files for each filetype.
This is the key that I needed to delete:-

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Roaming\OpenWith\FileExts\.bat\UserChoice]

Brink · Jun 22, 2013

Hello 8penguin, and welcome to Eight Forums.

If you like the .bat download in the tutorial does this for you if you should ever need to reset it's associations back to default again.

8penguin · Jun 22, 2013

Brink said:
Hello 8penguin, and welcome to Eight Forums.

If you like the .bat download in the tutorial does this for you if you should ever need to reset it's associations back to default again.

Thanks for the quick reply Brink! No I have already attempted to use the downloadable reg file for .bat from this thread Whilst it removes one of the .bat reg keys it doesnt removes the "roaming" key I mentioned in my previous post which is slightly different.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Roaming\OpenWith\FileExts\.bat\UserChoice

Only by removing this specific key was I able to fix the problem.

Brink · Jun 22, 2013

Odd. Did you restart the PC after merging the .reg file for .bat?

It should have changed that location as well after a restart.

Ginger14 · Jul 11, 2013

New "Links" Folder

I'd like to use the link (.lnk) but when I click on it it just goes to the main forum page on this website.
The problem I'm having is that I can't put anything in my "favorites" folder in windows explorer. I learned this is because I need to recreate a new "links" folder for the shortcuts to go in, but I don't know how to do that - is that what this is? Will this help solve my problem?

Brink · Jul 11, 2013

Hello Ginger, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Sorry about that. The link has been updated.

However, that's not going to help with your issue in your post below.

http://www.eightforums.com/general-...-links-folder-favorites-windows-explorer.html

Ginger14 · Jul 11, 2013

Thanks~

Brink · Jul 11, 2013

You're welcome. I hope what I posted there helps.

regebush · Jul 18, 2013

I registered on this forum just to ask if you could fix the .exe link? Thanks

Brink · Jul 18, 2013

Hello Regebush, and welcome to Eight Forums.

It depends on what is happening with your .exe files? Please post back with more details about your issue with them.

In the mean time if you like, you could download and merge the .reg file for the listed .exe option in the tutorial on the first page of this thread. It will restore the default associations and registry entries for .exe files.

Hope this helps for now,

Shawn

stu15012 · Jul 18, 2013

hello
Can you add WI file extension to your list of recoverable file associations?
Many thanks

Brink · Jul 18, 2013

Hello Stu, and welcome to Eight Forums.

The .wi file type does not have a default program set to it by default in Windows 8, so there are not any default registry entries.

If you like, I could create a .reg file that will unassociate .wi files to no longer have a default program set to open them with.

stu15012 · Jul 19, 2013

That would be great, I did wonder why the miss- association did not seem to cause any problem, but like it back to normal, I just like things that way, unfortunately I did not remove the tick from the box and the WI files now are associated with note pad.
Many thanks for such a speed reply. this seems a really interesting site that I stumbled across.

Brink · Jul 19, 2013

Here you go Stu. You would just need to follow the same steps in the tutorial after downloading the .reg below to unassociated .wi files.

View attachment Unassociate_wi.reg

regebush · Jul 19, 2013

Brink said:
Hello Regebush, and welcome to Eight Forums.

It depends on what is happening with your .exe files? Please post back with more details about your issue with them.

In the mean time if you like, you could download and merge the .reg file for the listed .exe option in the tutorial on the first page of this thread. It will restore the default associations and registry entries for .exe files.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

I do not think you understand my concern. Can you please try clicking on the .exe link on the first page and you will see what I mean.

Brink · Jul 19, 2013

Sorry about that Regebush. I did misunderstood what you meant.

The .exe download link has been fixed. Please try downloading it again now.

regebush · Jul 19, 2013

Brink said:
Sorry about that Regebush. I did misunderstood what you meant.

The .exe download link has been fixed. Please try downloading it again now.

Thanks your the man.

Brink · Jul 19, 2013

You're welcome.

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