File Association Fixer for Windows 8, Windows 7 & Windows Vista will let you repair and fix file associations and extensions in a single click. UPDATE: File Association Fixer v2 supports Windows. Sep 22, 2019  Windows can only open one program for a particular file extension automatically, so if you like to work with your PNG files in Photoshop Elements, for example, and not Paint, changing the default file association for PNG files is required. The way to change associations (it doesn't seem to let you remove though) with built-in Windows 7 tools (UI ones) is to open the Start Menu, then choose Default Programs. (Or if it's not present, open Start Menu, Control Panel (you might need to change from View by category to View by large icons) and then Default Programs.). Then select Associate a file type or protocol with a program. Sep 08, 2009  By default Windows 7 does not have support for opening this file type and has no association. DivXPlayer is a good free program to install that does support playing this file extension. This download will set this file extension back to the default unassociated state in Windows 7. Mov - Movie file. The default program is Windows Media Player.

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File Association Fixer for Windows 8, Windows 7 & Windows Vista will let you repair and fix file associations and extensions in a single click.

• Jan 09, 2015  The Question. SuperUser reader Christothes writes: I somehow have set the default file type association for a file type in Windows 7. It doesn’t appear to be possible to delete it from the “Change the file type associated with a file extension” options screen.
• Each file in Windows, has an extension as part of its filename, such as.txt,.doc, etc.These extensions are used to identify the default program with which to open this file when you double-click on the file. You can set or change these file type associations in Windows 7. In Windows XP, this capability was available in Folder Options.However, it was removed from that location in Windows 7.
• Managing File Associations: Then (Windows 7) and now (Windows 10) using Group Policy (Part 1 of 3). Then you would be presented with the “File Extension” (to fill in), the “Associated Program,” and optionally “Set it as Default,” as seen here. Attempts by an application to.

UPDATE:File Association Fixer v2 supports Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, as well as Windows 7, both 32-bit and 64-bit and offers file association fixes for 70 file typ

A corrupted Registry, caused either by a bad software or malware or any other reason, can lead to your Windows being unable to open a particular file type.

If you find that you are unable to open particular files, identify the type of file and use File Association Fixer to fix file type associations easily, with a click!

Fix File Associations

File Association Fixer detects the version of operating system installed and accordingly offers you the relevant fixes only.

This freeware offers file association fixes for some of the most common file types. The app offers 18 file association fixes for Windows 7 & 26 file association fixes for Windows Vista.

File Association Fixes

File Association Fixer offers quick fixes for the following files or types in Windows 7 :

BMP, COM, Directory, Folders, Drive, GIF, ICO, IMG, INF, JPG, JS, MSC, REG, SCR, TIF, TXT, VBS, ZIP
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To fix the association for a particular file type simply click on the file type association icon or name. You may have to reboot.

See how you can fix broken EXE file associations.

We always recommend that you create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system.

File Association Fixer has been developed for The Windows Club by Ritesh Kawadkar, based on the inputs from my MVP colleague Ramesh Srinivisan.

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Each file in Windows, has an extension as part of its filename, such as .txt, .doc, etc. These extensions are used to identify the default program with which to open this file when you double-click on the file.

You can set or change these file type associations in Windows 7. In Windows XP, this capability was available in Folder Options. However, it was removed from that location in Windows 7. It is now available as Set Default Programs in the Default Programs tool available in the Control Panel in Windows 7.

You can also right-click on the file whose association you want to change and select Properties from the popup menu. Then, click the Change button on the General tab.

On the Open with dialog box, you can choose a program from the lists of recommended programs or other programs. You can also select a custom program using the Browse button.

NOTE: By default, the program you choose on this dialog box will always be used to open other files of the same type as the selected file. The Always use the selected program to open this kind of file cannot be unchecked.

If you accidentally associate a file type with a specific program and you want to remove that association and return to using the default, global association for that file type, the Set Default Programs tool does not provide an easy, graphical method for doing this. We found a free tool, called Unassociate File Types, that allows you to easily remove a file type association in Windows 7.

Delete File Extension Association Windows 7

NOTE:Unassociate File Types requires administrative privileges to work correctly.

Download Unassociate File Types from

Unassociate Files Types also works in Windows Vista. We display examples from Windows 7 in this post.

The utility does not require installation. Simply unzip the file you downloaded and double-click on the Unassoc.exe file to run the utility.

Click Yes on the User Account Control dialog box that displays.

Bat File Extension Association Windows 7

On the Unassociate File Types main window, select the desired file extension from the File types list. To remove the user-specific, custom association, for the chosen file type, click the Remove file association (User) button. This changes the default program used to open the file when you double-click on a file of that type.

NOTE: The Remove file association (User) button is not available until you select a file extension from the File types list.

Once you click the Remove file association (User) button, a dialog box displays telling you that the custom file association has been removed from the registry. Once you remove a file type association the Unassociate File Types tool, Windows will use the default, global file association settings for that file type.

To close the Unassociate File Types tool, click the X button in the upper, right corner of the dialog box.

Clear File Extension Association Windows 7

You can use the Delete file type button to remove a file type completely from the registry. Be careful when choosing to use this option, because it removes both the user-specific and the global associations for the chosen file type. Try not to use this option for common file types, such as .txt and .doc, and use it sparingly in general.

Restore Default File Associations Windows 7

If you have added or changed file associations using the Windows tools while the Unassociate File Types tool has been open, click the Refresh list button to refresh the list of available Files types. Enjoy!