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| Thread ID: 142551 | 2016-07-22 05:47:00 | Unassociate file extension | Driftwood (5551) | Press F1 |
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| 1423515 | 2016-07-23 04:13:00 | Just sorted it now. Terry's suggestion done the trick, although I was struggling to understand how to do it. Then I found another link where it was explained differently. Create any file anywhere, I just made a .txt on desktop. Rename it to something.exe. Now right click on any file of the extension whose association you want to remove, go to Properties. Click the Change... button in the "Opens With" option. It will show the current program and there will be "More Options" link, click it. A list will come up, click the "Look for another app on PC" link at bottom. Browse to your something.exe and associate the extension with it. Hit Apply and OK. Now just go delete that something.exe you created and now your extension has no associated application. |
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| 1423516 | 2016-07-23 04:45:00 | :eek: That's damn dangerous, especially if you used .exe If something goes wrong and you re-associate .exe files you can basically stuff your whole OS. .exe is the one file extension you don't want to play about with. You NEVER use predefined extensions. As ANYTHING , usually BAD can happen. You would have been a lot safer simply running system restore back to before the bo-bo was made and undo any changes. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1423517 | 2016-07-23 06:15:00 | You are probably right. I hadn't considered a system restore. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1423518 | 2016-07-23 07:39:00 | Well to be completely honest :D I personally hadn't thought of system restore earlier either, just came to me when I made one here while installing a New Media Player in W10, I always make a restore point before hand, just in case something turns pear shaped. :) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1423519 | 2016-07-23 08:44:00 | Also with a gaming system you are continually editing files & changing settings. So unless you are regularly setting restore points, you don't know exactly where you will finish up with a restore. |
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