Cannot open applications. All open them with Notepad

Most of my programs on windows xp opens as a Notepad.  I tried to do a system restore, but a Notepad window appears.  How can I get my computer back to normal?

Hi cherebee,

This forum is dedicated to the Office Web App on SkyDrive, SharePoint and docs.com.  For any question about Windows itself, you'd better ask one oftheir forums.  That said, it seems to me like your file associations had badly configured.  This article should help: How to change or choose the program that starts when you double-click a file in Windows XP

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