My HP laptop has Windows 8.1 installed. Yesterday when I turned it on my screen alternately flashed between my desktop and a blue screen. I contacted HP and they had me do a Windows refresh. This took me back to Windows 8. I then installed all updates and then upgraded to Windows 8.1 and installed all updates. Now all the files in My Documents folder have had an .aaa extension appended after the original name and extension. I am not able to open or use them. Word, Excel, etc. cannot recognize them. What caused this and can I restore them to a useable state?
Moved from Windows
Original title: Files with .aaa Extension