Shortcuts no longer work


  1. Danwarr117
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    Shortcuts no longer work


    Hi and thanks for all of the help in advance.

    I was attempting to open a file and was required to choose what program opened that particular file. I accidentally picked Adobe reader as the default program and now all my shortcut icons look like Adobe icons and whenever I try to open a shortcut it opens Adobe instead of the normal program.

    Please Help.
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  3. Kari
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    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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    Hi Dan, welcome to the Seven Forums.

    Our admin Brink has made a tutorial explaining how to restore Windows 7 file associations. You can read it here.

    Kari
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  4. Danwarr117
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    Thank you so much.
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  6. Kari
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    You are welcome. Our tutorial section is already famous, check it out when an issue arises.

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