I screwed up .cmd file extension association.

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steve.emmett

I had a HD crash last week so I've had to install Win2k on a new HD.
Part of my rebuild process was to change some file extensions and their
associations with various applications. I didn't see an extension for
..CMD so I created one and associated the EDIT function with my favorite
ascii editor. Thus the problem!

Before, I would see "Open|Edit|Print" whenever I did the right mouse
click over a file with the .cmd extension. Now, all I see is Open.
When I click on Open, the file starts in the editor instead of
executing.

On the command line, when I type in the name of the .cmd file, it
executes as it should.

How do I get back Open|Edit|Print for .cmd files? Any assistance in
recovering from this error would be greatly appreciated.

Steve
 
This may help or restore the registry for a recent backup.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\edit\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\
00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\open]
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\print]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\
54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\
00,25,00,31,00,00,00
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(watch for line wrap)

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

|I had a HD crash last week so I've had to install Win2k on a new HD.
| Part of my rebuild process was to change some file extensions and their
| associations with various applications. I didn't see an extension for
| .CMD so I created one and associated the EDIT function with my favorite
| ascii editor. Thus the problem!
|
| Before, I would see "Open|Edit|Print" whenever I did the right mouse
| click over a file with the .cmd extension. Now, all I see is Open.
| When I click on Open, the file starts in the editor instead of
| executing.
|
| On the command line, when I type in the name of the .cmd file, it
| executes as it should.
|
| How do I get back Open|Edit|Print for .cmd files? Any assistance in
| recovering from this error would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Steve
|
 
Dave

Thanks for the info. I have already tried this. I have another machine
running Win2K and have compared the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile from the "good" machine
with the one I screwed up. The entries are identical.

Stev
 
Have you tried creating a new user account? If so restore the registry from
backup.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| Dave
|
| Thanks for the info. I have already tried this. I have another machine
| running Win2K and have compared the
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile from the "good" machine
| with the one I screwed up. The entries are identical.
|
| Stev
|
 
Dave

Thanks for the info. I have already tried this. I have another machine
running Win2K and have compared the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile from the "good" machine
with the one I screwed up. The entries are identical.
Click to expand...
Hi,

Run the following command in a command prompt and see if it helps:

assoc .cmd=cmdfile
 
Dave

Not sure what creating a new user account would accomplish.

since this is a brand new install (I committed the screwup about 2
hours after the install), I've not yet backed up anything.

I'm traveling this week so won't beable to get back to this problem til
the weekend.

TNX

Steve
 
I'll give that a try this weekend! I'm traveling this week.

Thanks

steve
 
Torgeir

I ran assoc and .cmd is all ready associated with cmdfile.

?

Steve
 
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