All the desktop shortcut icons have changed for Windows Media Center

so I aidentally tried to open an EXE file. file with windows media center and wmc has taken over my computer. converted almost all my shortcut icons on the desktop in wmc and wmc fefuses icons to close. System Restore does not either. safe mode was not helpful either

Original title: hostile takeover in Windows media center

Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, the process you gave me failed, because he said that I had no permission to check in the Notepad file. BUT he has given me hope and showed me in the right direction. I had worked at this for 4 days now. I learned a lot through the links you sent me and I could finally get it fixed.

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