Programs and files open in Wordpad - can someone help me get my computer laptop back to normal? Thank you!

After obtaining a false claim of £100 police (well I think) froze my phone and now it opens in wordpad - someone has an idea how to solve this problem? I'm not computer to find all the solutions online a bit confused. Thanks in advance!

Hello

1. What is the brand and model of the computer?

2. what security software is installed on the computer?

Method 1.

I suggest you to refer to this article.

Change which programs Windows uses by default: http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

Method 2.

Start the computer in safe mode with network and perform a virus scan.

Advanced startup options (including safe mode): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

You can run the Microsoft Safety Scanner to make sure that the computer is virus-free.

Microsoft safety scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

Warning of Security Scanner: there could be a loss of data while performing an analysis using the Microsoft safety scanner to eliminate viruses as appropriate.

Method 3.

When you run an .exe on a Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer file, the file can start another program: http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950505

Registry warning

To do: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/)

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

I hope this helps.

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