How do i fix...

AAA · 18 Jan 2011

recently i accidentally used "Open With" on an exe file.. then the program i selected became the default program to open all of my exe files.. even if i change, same things happen. please help me ASAP

marsmimar · 18 Jan 2011

Hello triple A and welcome to the Forum.

Have you tried the steps here?

Open With - Change Default Program

AAA · 18 Jan 2011

it won't help me

StalkeR · 18 Jan 2011

Take a look this
Solution: .EXE Files Always Open with Notepad or Other Applications - Tweaking with Vishal

brianzion · 18 Jan 2011

can you be a bit more detailed please what program etc?

yowanvista · 18 Jan 2011

AAA said:

recently i accidentally used "Open With" on an exe file.. then the program i selected became the default program to open all of my exe files.. even if i change, same things happen. please help me ASAP

Do a system Restore

brianzion · 18 Jan 2011

Restore Default Windows 7 File Extension Type Associations

Default File Type Associations - Restore

AAA · 18 Jan 2011

StalkeR said:

Take a look this
Solution: .EXE Files Always Open with Notepad or Other Applications - Tweaking with Vishal

thanks stalker.. but the icons are still the same... if i restart the computer will it change to its default icons? or i have to manually change the icons?

Brink · 18 Jan 2011

Hello AAA,

As Brian mentioned above, you can easily fix this my downloading and merging the EXE option along with the other steps in the tutorial below. :)

Default File Type Associations - Restore

Hope this helps,
Shawn