All files opening with the same program?

Earlier today, I went to open a .zip with WinRar file. I've done this before and nothing is wrong, but this time, I noticed that all my desktop icons have changed and each of them were by opening with WinRar. It is especially annoying because I managed to download a Spanish version of WinRar somehow and do not include any of the popups.
I saw others asking the same thing and answers telling to go in Control Panel > programs > default programs > Set Program Access and computer by default, but I can't get there, because I don't know what program I open with.
I don't know if this has any sense at all and I feel stupid for not knowing all this, but some help would be appreciated.

Hello

Most likely, you have associated shortcuts (.lnk files) with WinRAR.  Although it is also possible that you have associated executables (.exe files) too (or instead).  Fortunately, both can be fixed.

Here on this page is a list of all common file types.
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Scroll down and look for LNK files, click on him and it will download a file from the registry.  Save this file to your desktop and run it to import the registry changes.  Restart when it's done and I hope that it will be all solved.

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