Manage - Fix "File does not have a program associated"

marnel · 03 Dec 2011

I was running malware as i was posting the above message. It seems it found 2 other items and it took care of it.
I will dl the MSSW anything to help, I don't need a virus to take down this laptop as it's only been mine for a month :/

Thank you for all your help you saved my sanity as I've been at this since yesterday but found this place this am.

Brink · 03 Dec 2011

You're welcome Marnel. I hope that it comes back as clean afterwards. Just to be safe, it wouldn't hurt to scan your system each day for a few days to help make sure that it's still clean.

Gouron · 14 Jul 2012

is it bad if I can't find Inkfile under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT? I was trying to follow option 2 tutorial when I ran into that problem :/

Brink · 14 Jul 2012

Hello Gouron,

It's Lnkfile (L) instead of Inkfile (I) , but you may not have reached lnkfile yet. You would need to scroll past all of the file extenstions listed first before the alphabet starts over to then find lnkfile. :)

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Six9siX · 24 Sep 2014

The reg file worked fine on my system
"manage works again"
But after restart little arrows on shortcuts are back.
Again remove arrows, manage not working.
So I think its a linked thing manage or arrows.

Brink · 24 Sep 2014

Six9siX said:

The reg file worked fine on my system
"manage works again"
But after restart little arrows on shortcuts are back.
Again remove arrows, manage not working.
So I think its a linked thing manage or arrows.

Hello Joe,

It is if you use the old XP method to remove shortcut arrows. See the blue note box at the top of the tutorial for info and a link on how to remove shortcut arrows in Windows 7 instead. :)