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Window7 troubleshooting .exe is not opening
This question has been asked, but the solutions given were worthless to me because ALL files are trying to open in Notepad. I mistakenly associated all exe
files with Notepad and everything is trying to open within Notepad now. That includes regedit
, so suggesting I use regedit
to doctor files does not work (cmd window will not open from Winkey + R - Run).
It also includes any program I download to fix the issue. I also can not right click and choose Open With because that is not a given option when right clicking on a majority of files, at least none of the exe
files I want to start. Yes, I tried it on the program files, not the shortcut. I also can not use System Restore because it, too, tries to open in Notepad. I've been banging my head uselessly on this for hours. Could someone help me out?
.exe
file as a.com
? It should still execute but it won't have the same association.