I made the mistake of trying to view a program (.exe file) with wordpad using
'open with' . Now all my programs start with wordpad and display the text of
the program. How do I undo this?

Help please, anyone!

You would need to revert the file type association, but it's easier to
just use System Restore back to a date before you made the change.

"Pooh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5AB030B8-34BC-46CA-BDB9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I made the mistake of trying to view a program (.exe file) with wordpad
>using
> 'open with' . Now all my programs start with wordpad and display the text
> of
> the program. How do I undo this?
>
> Help please, anyone!

Try the exe fix here:
XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:34:00 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Pooh
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I made the mistake of trying to view a program (.exe file) with wordpad using
> 'open with' . Now all my programs start with wordpad and display the text of
>the program. How do I undo this?
>
>Help please, anyone!

Thanks guys, but I tried both these suggestions and neither of them solved
the problem. I think I followed all the instructions correctly but the
problem persists. Any other suggestions?

Pooh

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> Try the exe fix here:
> XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:34:00 -0700, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Pooh
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I made the mistake of trying to view a program (.exe file) with wordpad using
> > 'open with' . Now all my programs start with wordpad and display the text of
> >the program. How do I undo this?
> >
> >Help please, anyone!
>

I suspect you did not follow the instructions correctly.
You download xp_exe_fix .zip and open it.
You MUST extract xp_exe_fix.reg to a folder on your hard disk and
either double-click it or right-click and select Merge and answer Yes
to the import prompt.

Did you do all that?

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm


On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:42:07 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Pooh
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>Thanks guys, but I tried both these suggestions and neither of them solved
>the problem. I think I followed all the instructions correctly but the
>problem persists. Any other suggestions?
>
>Pooh
>
>"Alan Edwards" wrote:
>
>> Try the exe fix here:
>> XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>>
>> ....Alan
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:34:00 -0700, in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Pooh
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I made the mistake of trying to view a program (.exe file) with wordpad using
>> > 'open with' . Now all my programs start with wordpad and display the text of
>> >the program. How do I undo this?
>> >
>> >Help please, anyone!
>>