Solved File associations help!

[Coastalwave]

My friend was messing around on my laptop and when I got it back everything was changed to iTunes. Although it says google chrome it shows an iTunes logo and will launch iTunes if clicked. This happened about six months ago. I tried for months to get it fixed but I ended up uninstalling iTunes so they would go back to normal. However if I want to update my music I need to instal iTunes and go through the proccess of it takin over. I'm in desperate need of help! Any advice is better than no advice at all. If you need a screenshot let me know.


Thanks,
CoastalWave

 

[xunile]

Have you tried re-installing Itunes? Does it "take over" the same file associations as before? If all it did wrong was take over as the default browser, did you try going into google chromes settings and choosing to set it as the default browser?

 

[Brink]

Hello CoastalWave, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Is this happening only with shortcuts (.lnk files) and/or .exe files?

For now, you might see if downloading and merging the .reg file for the listed .lnk (LNK) and .exe options in the tutorial below may be able to help. They will restore the default associations for these file types.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Coastalwave]

Xunile, it happens every time I redownload it :/.
Shawn, I saw your post about the .reg files on someone else's post and went through all the steps. After restarting my laptop it still was there idk what else to do.

 

[xunile]

Xunile, it happens every time I redownload it :/.
Shawn, I saw your post about the .reg files on someone else's post and went through all the steps. After restarting my laptop it still was there idk what else to do.

What associations does it take over? Just web related or other ones as well?

 

[Coastalwave]

It seams to be all media associations. Google chrome all photo and video editors. It pretty much took over everything.

 

[xunile]

It seams to be all media associations. Google chrome all photo and video editors. It pretty much took over everything.

So if you install Itunes, follow Shawn's tutorial, and restart your PC, what doesn't work correctly? Do you have another application you want for your media files? If you open a run dialog box by hitting the 'windows+r" keys and type "chrome" after installing Itunes, does chrome start?

You could try installing vlc after itunes and tell it to manage all of your media files, just to see if that works.

 

[Coastalwave]

Ill try to get a picture of what it does. All my media files show and open iTunes. When I did what Shawn said nothing changed.
I just want them all back to normal, if possible. When I run chrome it opens chrome but when I click on chrome it opens iTunes.

 

[Brink]

Coastalwave,

What are the file extensions of the affected files?

 

[Coastalwave]

 

[Coastalwave]

Brink,

Does that photo help?

 

[xunile]

Ill try to get a picture of what it does. All my media files show and open iTunes. When I did what Shawn said nothing changed.
I just want them all back to normal, if possible. When I run chrome it opens chrome but when I click on chrome it opens iTunes.

If you goto the files associations in control panel, what does it show for the type .url ?

 

[xunile]

Have you tried to create another user and see what happens with Itunes then. Your profile might be corrupted and you might need to create a new user and then copy all of your documents over to the new one and use it instead of your current user account.

 

[Coastalwave]

ill try to get a picture of what it does. All my media files show and open itunes. When i did what shawn said nothing changed.
I just want them all back to normal, if possible. When i run chrome it opens chrome but when i click on chrome it opens itunes.

if you goto the files associations in control panel, what does it show for the type .url ?

 

[xunile]

You have me scratching my head. The only thing I can think of is a corrupt profile.

 

[Brink]

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The affected ones in your Start Menu and desktop are for shortcuts.

When you downloaded the .reg file for the listed lnk (LNK) option in the tutorial below, make sure that you approve all the prompts in step 4 (miss one, and it'll not work), and restart the PC afterwards to apply.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

 

[Coastalwave]

View attachment 284232

The affected ones in your Start Menu and desktop are for shortcuts.

When you downloaded the .reg file for the listed lnk (LNK) option in the tutorial below, make sure that you approve all the prompts in step 4 (miss one, and it'll not work), and restart the PC afterwards to apply.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

It's restarting right now I followed it step by step. Everything went how it should in step 4.

 

[Coastalwave]

It still didn't work can you remotely go into the computer and try?

 

[Brink]

Sorry, but all help is done here in the forum.

Just to verify, is it only shortcuts that have this issue?

 

[Coastalwave]

If you see the photo I posted its every application on my laptop from the calculator to things I've downloaded such as photo editors.