[Theory]Messing with .exe's default program


  1. Posts : 28
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #1

    [Theory]Messing with .exe's default program


    yesterday i had a dream: i changed the default program for .exe extension and nothing worked
    so in reality, if i change the default program for .exe files(like we do with other files open with,...), what might happen?
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    Win7 Home Premium x64 W10Pro&Home
       #2

    ...your dreams will come true...roflmao.
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  3. Posts : 28
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    actually they already came true with a friend...
    he set the exe files to open with file explorer so now when he starts his computer he gets tons of explorer.exe in task manager
    btw he opened task manager from windows using the task manager ( open task manager with task manager)
    and that's the only thing that worked
    so is there anyway to revert what he's done?
    no system recovery, no win7discs, no system repair disk, etc...
    cant he fix it manually?
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  4. Posts : 51,477
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       #4

    The following tutorial has a fix - Default File Type Associations - Restore
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