Solved moved a program, its files opened wrong, editing registry didn't help.

[tomatopipps]

I had a program in a subfolder on my desktop, and I had set it as the default program for opening .PK3 and .WAD files, and then, like a total idiot, I moved the program to a different folder.
The next time I tried to open a PK3, the "open with..." dialog box came up. I browsed for the new location of the program, and clicked ok.
But for some reason the program hadn't shown up on the list, so i had unwittingly set it to open with Adobe Reader (the first on the list).
i tried going into HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry editor, deleting .pk3, .wad, pk3_auto_file and wad_auto_file, and restarting my pc, but nothing changed.

 

[marsmimar]

Hello tomatopipps and welcome to Seven Forums.

Do you have a system restore point going back to a date/time prior to moving the program and editing the registry?


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

 

[tomatopipps]

ok, i'll try that, thanks.
EDIT: restored to 8 days ago, before i even installed the program i broke.
and nothing of value was lost.

 

[marsmimar]

Great news! Glad you got it fixed and thanks for posting back.