Exe file asscoiations

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I have a crash with vista when I was loading and update to Coral Painter.
All my exe files now open with Acrobat. I cannot open my programs. What is
the file association for opening programs in Vista. Where is it loacated?
 
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Stavros69 said:
I have a crash with vista when I was loading and update to Coral
Painter. All my exe files now open with Acrobat. I cannot open my
programs. What is the file association for opening programs in
Vista. Where is it loacated?
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It is in the registry.
Open a blank text document and copy and paste this:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"


Save the document and change the extension from TXT to REG.
Right-click the new reg file and select ' Merge '.



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bomb#20 said:
Stavros69 said:
I have a crash with vista when I was loading and update to Coral
Painter. All my exe files now open with Acrobat. I cannot open my
programs. What is the file association for opening programs in
Vista. Where is it loacated?
Click to expand...

It is in the registry.
Open a blank text document and copy and paste this:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"="\"%1\" %*"


Save the document and change the extension from TXT to REG.
Right-click the new reg file and select ' Merge '.



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Sorry, I forgot the Merge command uses an exe file (regedit.exe.)
This should work. Copy and paste this into a blank text document.

[Version]
Signature="$Chicago$"
Provider=Admin

[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=UnhookRegKey

[UnhookRegKey]
HKLM, Software\CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*"
HKLM, Software\CLASSES\regfile\shell\open\command,,,"regedit.exe "%1""




Close the document and change the extension from TXT to INF.
Right-click the new inf file and select ' Install ' .

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