all files changed to exe format

bhupesh12

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I have 2 user in my laptop ,all my files have changed to exe format in my main account ,the other one is fine... please help to provide solution. Even my antivirus have turned to exe format... When i ran the antivirus in the other account which is ok no virus were detected
 

shubhnaik

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Can't you right-click the files, select "Open with...", and select the program you want for that type of file?
Restore default file association in Windows Vista and Windows 7

Windows Vista and Windows 7 allows you to change the program used to open a file. Sometime We set wrong association with file type and there is no option to revert back to default settings. So here is the only way to do that.

How To:

1. Run Registry Editor and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\[Extension]
2. Expand the [extension] key and choose UserChoice key and delete all its sub keys
3. If it doesn’t work, delete the UserChoice key itself.

NOTE: To revert back to all default file association as we get after fresh clean installation of Windows Vista, We can delete all sub keys under FileExts.



or u can use ccleaner for fixing registry problems