Accidently changed all files to notepad

I have accidently changed nearly all my file types, so they now open as notepad and they all have the notepad icon. I have done this by clicking on 'open with' then notepad because i wanted to put a program to notepad then all other programs were set to notepad aswell please help urgently!
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I have accidently changed nearly all my file types, so they now open as notepad and they all have the notepad icon. I have done this by clicking on 'open with' then notepad because i wanted to put a program to notepad then all other programs were set to notepad aswell please help urgently!


Use this tutorial:

Restore default file type associations
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Scroll down to exe - Executable application files.
click the exe

follow the instructions from #1 to #6 at the top.

Scroll down to lnk - Shortcut link (LNK) files.
click lnk

follow the instructions from #1 to #6 at the top.

 

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Last updated April 29, 2024 Views 5,112 Applies to: