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I make a mistake one day: I made notepad the default application for opening .bat files. I've tried using cmd.exe to open a .bat file, but all it does is open a new window; it doesn't execute the script. How can I restore the default behavior for batch files? I'm using Windows Vista.

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  1. Download and install Creative Element Power Tools.
  2. Open the Creative Element Power Tools Control Panel.
  3. Turn on the Edit file type associations option, and click Accept.
  4. Right-click a file of the type you want to change, and select Edit File Type to show this window:

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Highlight .bat and remove it.

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I had to create a new one, but the default settings seams to have worked, thanks – matmat07 Aug 29 '09 at 1:11
you're more than welcome. – Molly7244 Aug 29 '09 at 1:16
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