.exe opens with notepad!?

I foolishly in a tired mood made a computer adjustment to open .exe file
types with notepad when I was prompted and accidently accepted. How do I
reverse it to make my .exe file types work again!!

Try the fix for the .EXE file association, found here:

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/


"Tristan" <Tristan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I foolishly in a tired mood made a computer adjustment to open .exe file
> types with notepad when I was prompted and accidently accepted. How do I
> reverse it to make my .exe file types work again!!

I recieve the message:

Cannot import C:\Users\Tristan (Last Name)\Desktop\exefix_vista.reg: Not all
data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the
system or other processes.

I have absolutely no idea how to fix this :'( IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL
PROBELM

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Try the fix for the .EXE file association, found here:
>
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/
>
>
> "Tristan" <Tristan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EF32F400-B5FF-4EEA-AFAD-20AEA5302579@microsoft.com...
> >I foolishly in a tired mood made a computer adjustment to open .exe file
> > types with notepad when I was prompted and accidently accepted. How do I
> > reverse it to make my .exe file types work again!!
>
>

Right-click on the file exefix_vista.reg and choose Edit. Remove this part:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property
Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"

Save your changes and then try the Merge again.


"Tristan" <Tristan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> I recieve the message:
>
> Cannot import C:\Users\Tristan (Last Name)\Desktop\exefix_vista.reg: Not
> all
> data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the
> system or other processes.
>
> I have absolutely no idea how to fix this :'( IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL
> PROBELM
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> Try the fix for the .EXE file association, found here:
>>
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/
>>
>>
>> "Tristan" <Tristan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EF32F400-B5FF-4EEA-AFAD-20AEA5302579@microsoft.com...
>> >I foolishly in a tired mood made a computer adjustment to open .exe file
>> > types with notepad when I was prompted and accidently accepted. How do
>> > I
>> > reverse it to make my .exe file types work again!!
>>
>>