Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
at all sure
Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
"ElizaDoolittle" <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F0B98F1B-36DA-4361-BBA1-F1299BB99E52@microsoft.com...
> Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
> program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
> all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
> of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
>
> This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
> at all sure
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
Download the EXE File Association Fix from this web site and see if it helps.
Hi, thanks so much for the suggestion. It looks like everything worked
importing-wise, but I still get the same problem. I will try rebooting and
see how that works.
Thanks again, I will let you know.
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
> "ElizaDoolittle" <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F0B98F1B-36DA-4361-BBA1-F1299BB99E52@microsoft.com...
> > Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
> > program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
> > all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
> > of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
> >
> > This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
> > at all sure
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
>
>
> Download the EXE File Association Fix from this web site and see if it helps.
>
> Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
Hi again,
Unfortunately that didn't do it. I was able to get into regedit.ext using
your trick with taskmaster, and as I said, it looked as if everything that
was supposed to import was accepted, but no change.
Thanks again.
"ElizaDoolittle" wrote:
> Hi, thanks so much for the suggestion. It looks like everything worked
> importing-wise, but I still get the same problem. I will try rebooting and
> see how that works.
>
> Thanks again, I will let you know.
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
> > "ElizaDoolittle" <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F0B98F1B-36DA-4361-BBA1-F1299BB99E52@microsoft.com...
> > > Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
> > > program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
> > > all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
> > > of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
> > >
> > > This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
> > > at all sure
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
> >
> >
> > Download the EXE File Association Fix from this web site and see if it helps.
> >
> > Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
> > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Nepatsfan
> >
> >
> >
If I could just get System Restore to work, I think I could fix this. Do you
by any chance have suggestions about how to do that?
Thank you so much..
"Nepatsfan" wrote:
> "ElizaDoolittle" <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F0B98F1B-36DA-4361-BBA1-F1299BB99E52@microsoft.com...
> > Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
> > program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
> > all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
> > of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
> >
> > This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
> > at all sure
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
>
>
> Download the EXE File Association Fix from this web site and see if it helps.
>
> Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>
Keep in mind that while a repair install should preserve your installed programs
and data files you should always back up any files you can't afford to lose just
in case something goes wrong. You can also expect to have to reinstall any
updates/service packs that have been released since the version of XP on your
installation CD was released.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
In news:1294832E-CDCE-4252-B2C2-46BE4E49E2F8@microsoft.com,
ElizaDoolittle <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> If I could just get System Restore to work, I think I could fix this. Do you
> by any chance have suggestions about how to do that?
>
> Thank you so much..
>
>
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "ElizaDoolittle" <ElizaDoolittle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F0B98F1B-36DA-4361-BBA1-F1299BB99E52@microsoft.com...
>>> Boy oh boy do I feel stupid. I wanted to see what was in the code for a
>>> program file and so I opened it in Notepad. Unfortunately, the box for "Open
>>> all files of this type" was clicked, and so now all my Windows .exe (or most
>>> of them--I can still use IE) won't work. Not even System Restore!
>>>
>>> This is exacerbated by the fact that I am using Windows Tablet, so I am not
>>> at all sure
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how I can undo what I have done?
>>
>>
>> Download the EXE File Association Fix from this web site and see if it helps.
>>
>> Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
.exe files open in NotePad 
Linear Mode
