Microsoft Windows XP: Broken File Associations
Symptoms | When loading a file, you must select a program for it to be loaded with |
Cause | File association is broken |
Resolution |
The files listed here are all ZIP files, which contain a REG
(Registry) file. Download the ZIP and open it. Extract the REG file to
your hard disk and double click it. Answer yes to the import prompt.
REG files can be viewed in Notepad. Each of the REG files contains the
default settings for the file extension indicated. For the ZIP file
fix, the download is a REG file, since ZIP’s aren’t working anyway! NOTE: If your EXE file associations are corrupted, it can be difficult to open REGEDIT, or to even import REG files. To work around this, press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.EXE and press Enter. Thanks to Nigel Andrews for this tip. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/batch_file_assoc.zip Batch File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for BAT files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_cabfile.zip CAB File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for CAB files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_chm_fix.zip CHM File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for CHM files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_com_fix.zip COM File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for COM files) - Thanks to John Hanney http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_cpl_file_assoc.zip CPL File Association Fix (Restore the default associations for CPL files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_directory_reg.zip Directory Extension Fix (Restores defaults to HKCRDirectory) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_drive_association_fix.zip Drive Association Fix (Restores default settings for hard drives) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_eml_file_assoc.zip EML File Association Fix (Restores defaults for EML files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/folder_reg.zip Folder Association Fix (Restore default associations for File Folders) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_giffile_fix.zip GIF File Association Fix (Restore default associations for GIF Files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_hlp_file_fix.zip HLP File Association Fix (Restore default associations for HLP files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_hta_fix.zip HTA File Association Fix (Restore default associations for HTA Files http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/html_association_fix.zip HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_ico_file_assoc_fix.zip ICO File Association Fix (Restore the default association for ico files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_inf_assoc.zip INF File Association Fix (Restore the default assocation for INF files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/ie_desktop_icon.zip Internet Explorer Desktop Icon Fix (Restore the default behavior for the Desktop IE icon) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_jpg_jpe_jpeg_file_assoc_fix.zip JPE/JPG/JPEG Association Fix (Restore the default associations for jpe/jpg/jpeg files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_mpg_fix_reg.zip MPG/MPEG File Association Fix (Restores default associations for MPG/MPEG files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_mscfix.zip MSC File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSC files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/msi_assoc.zip MSI File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSI files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_mspfix.zip MSP File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSP files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_regfile.zip REG File Association Fix (Restore default associations for REG files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/scf_assoc_fix.zip SCF File Association Fix (Restore default associations for SCF files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_scr_fix.zip SCR File Association Fix (Restore default associations for SCR files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_txt_fix.zip TXT File Association Fix (Restore default associations for TXT files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_tiff_fix.zip TIF/TIFF File Association Fix (Restores default associations for TIF/TIFF files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_url_shortcut_fix.zip URL File Association Fix (Restores default associations for URL - Internet shortcuts) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_vbs_file_association.zip VBS File Association Fix (Restores default associations for VBS files) http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/zipfolder_fix.reg ZIP Folder Association Fix (Restores default associations for ZIP Folders - REG File) |
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