my computer opens each program with wordpad. __

Hello
my pc opens all my programes with wordpad.
I had a program and I had to choose which I use to open it and my error, I chose wordpad
but now he does with everything even though my pc is turned on some open thing in wordpad.

What is the executables or desktop shortcuts? In other words, if you go to the executable it will always open with wordpad or it opens correctly?

There is a difference, but the same solutions might work.

(1) try creating a new account and see if it works correctly then. If so, you can just transfer everything through and delete the old.

2) fix with regedit:

1. click on Start Menu, type regedit in start search and press ENTER. Right click on regedit search results and run it as an administrator.

2. navigate to the following registry branch:

NtVersion ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\ [ext]

Replace the [ext] with the real extension of the file you want to restore the file type association to return to the original default Windows 7 (probably .lnk or .exe). If you unsure, simply browse through all the Sub-touche under FileExts.

3. delete the subkey named UserChoice.

4. exit the registry editor.

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