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Accidentally caused all .exe programs to open in Notepad

My friend e-mailed me a .lnk file, and I chose to open it with Wordpad. I think the check box for 'always open using this program' was checked, because all of my links now are opened using word pad. Is there a way to undo this?

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  • What version of windows?
    – MaQleod
    Nov 14, 2010 at 7:45
  • Windows Vista 64-bit Nov 14, 2010 at 7:49

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There are two ways, but only one tends to work:

Go to Start -> Default Programs (on the right or just type it in). Click on Associate a file type or protocol with a program. Scroll down to .lnk and change the program.

If that doesn't work, then take a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172053

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Yes. If you have Vista or Windows 7, press Start and type in regedit. Or, go to the registry editor in any other way.

Open the subfolders for HKEY_CURRENT_USER

  • software
  • Microsoft
  • Windows
  • Current Version
  • Explorer
  • fileExts
  • .lnk

Here, delete userchoice and then reboot.

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  • Instead of userchoice you may see an OpenWithList key in which there is A Wordpad and possibly B <another setting> and MRU <another setting> Just delete all of these, the changes take effect immediately and fix the fault.
    – user165214
    Oct 14, 2012 at 12:54

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