I tried opening an .INK file with paint as a i have no application to open it with and afterwords i cant open any more .exe files. all icons look like paint and i don't knwo what else to do. i have seen alot of tutorials and i get onto Regedit but i get confused after words.
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Hello Pedro,
You could download and merge the .reg file for the listed lnk (LNK) and exe options in the tutorial below to restore their default associations and hopefully fix this for you.
Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
how, i dont want to change if the extensions are showing or now
Clicking on the tutorial link in my post above will give you step by step instructions on how. :)
It will not affect if you have known file extentions set to show to hide.
Last edited by Brink; 02 Oct 2012 at 15:27. Reason: typo
what do i do now after isntalling the 'hide know file names' .reg file, i still,cant open the files
You needed to do what's in this post instead to fix .lnk and .exe files. :)
All files have .ink extension and won't open ( Quick Reply!
i complete everything in the forum and even after a shut-down and a cold boot everything starts up with paint. only diffrence is that the files like skype are shown up like this 'skype.ink'
If this just happened recently, then you may also be able to do a system restore using a restore point (if available) dated before this happened to fix it.
dont think i got any backups
if u read the first post i accidentaly associated a .exe with paint
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