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It will unassociate .pkg files so that they will no longer have a default program assigned to open them with.
Sure thing. You would right click on the key, and click on Export to save it as a .reg file before deleting it. If something goes wrong, you could just double click on the exported .reg files to merge it back.
In addition, you could also create a restore point first that includes the complete registry. If something undesired happens, you could do a quick system restore to go back to that restore point. :)
Sorry for my late answer, I was very busy at my Summer student's work.
So, I'm trying to backup/export the 3 .fsb keys you gave as example to me, before deleting them.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.fsb]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.fsb]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.fsb]
However, I cannot find the second key [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.fsb]
(Nor can I find the .pkg inside SystemFileAssociations, but that is because it has already been restored to default maybe?)
What should I do if it isn't present? Just ignore it and continue deleting the 2 other keys?
Hello Thomas,
No worries. If the file extension isn't listed at each of the 3 locations, then it's already not associated with a program. You are basically just checking each location to see if an entry is there to be deleted if not already. :)
Ok deleting the .fsb keys worked. The .fsb extension is now completely unbound. Thank you for all your assistance during this topic, Brink.
Does taking this action require any system restart?
You're most welcome. Since it's showing as not associated now, there wouldn't be any need to restart the PC. :)