Everything on my computer opens with Notepad. Please help.

[Chewy]

Everything on my computer opens with Notepad :,(

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[Virgil]

Right click on the file -> open with -> choose a program

[Chewy]

Right click on the file -> open with -> choose a program

What program do I choose?

[e-maxx]

What program do I choose?

any one you want

[Virgil]

What program do I choose?

The one it should open with

[Chewy]

What program does google chrome open with?

[e-maxx]

What program does google chrome open with?

google chrome.exe

[Daedalus]

What program does google chrome open with?

The forget are you talking about? :l
Are you talking about a shortcut, or the actual program for Chrome?

[Chewy]

I dont think you guys understand, everything i open, opens in notepad, if i set it to open with something, it does the same for everything else

[Dr.Block]

I dont think you guys understand, everything i open, opens in notepad, if i set it to open with something, it does the same for everything else

Do you have any tech savy friends? Maybe one of them forgeted with some settings or something to troll you for April first.

[Chewy]

Do you have any tech savy friends? Maybe one of them forgeted with some settings or something to troll you for April first.

I dont have any friends...

[CopBlock]

I dont have any friends...

wheres han solo?

[Bisjac]

i did this once when mounting something with powerISO, it forgeted everything i had when i selected the wrong thing. not sure why.

start - run, type "command"

in the prompt, enter "cd\windows"

it should do-hicky the windows folder for ya

now enter "regedit"

find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe

change it's default value to exe or exefile or something like that

then find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

change values to "%1" %*


close regedit, restart comp, and cross your fingers

[Daedalus]

i did this once when mounting something with powerISO, it forgeted everything i had when i selected the wrong thing. not sure why.

start - run, type "command"

in the prompt, enter "cd\windows"

it should do-hicky the windows folder for ya

now enter "regedit"

find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe

change it's default value to exe or exefile or something like that

then find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

change values to "%1" %*


close regedit, restart comp, and cross your fingers

You can skip the first few steps - if you're on Vista or 7, search for regedit in the Start menu.

[Chewy]

i did this once when mounting something with powerISO, it forgeted everything i had when i selected the wrong thing. not sure why.

start - run, type "command"

in the prompt, enter "cd\windows"

it should do-hicky the windows folder for ya

now enter "regedit"

find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe

change it's default value to exe or exefile or something like that

then find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command

change values to "%1" %*


close regedit, restart comp, and cross your fingers

I am on windows 7, there is no "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command"