I accedentally changed so that insted of opening exe files normally i set it so that it tries to open through adobe acrobat

[Machmat]

i was about to open a exe file and accedentally opened it with adobe acrobat and now a lot of exe files automaticly tries to open via acrobat too, this makes it hard to open.

 

[ssddx]

Let me fix it myself

To resolve this issue, you can reset the registry settings to their default settings. To do this, follow these steps.
Click the Startbutton and type regedit in the Search box
Right-click Regedit.exe in the returned list and click Run as administrator
Browse to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe
With .exe selected, right-click (Default) and click Modify…
Change the Value data: to exefile
Browse to and then click on the following registry key:

the following may not be required...

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile
With exefileselected, right-click (Default) and click Modify…
Change the Value data: to "%1" %*
Browse to and then click on the following registry key:

KEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open
With openselected, right-click (Default) and click Modify…
Change the Value data: to "%1" %*
Close the Registry Editor and restart your PC

 

[swifty_morgan]

seems like a long way to go. why not right click and chose open with?

 

[ssddx]

well they are opened by windows.... so dont really have a program.

i suppose you could click that and try "look online for right program" and hope it sets itself or set the source manually.... but i'm not sure if it would be explorer or some other windows service so i went with the known surefire way to fix the problem.

there is a virus that does the same thing... and makes exes unreadable so i've had to do this in the past (basically all i did was do the part in bold though and it works... the rest of it i think you can ignore)

 

[Machmat]

after the first step i cant fin the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/exefile

 

[ssddx]

once you have regedit open..

in the tab on left side you will see "hkey_classes_root" with a little arrow tick mark to the left. click on this to expand the list

then click on ".exe"

on the right you will see a selection named "(default)"

right click on it. click modify. type in "exefile" without the quotation marks. push okay (or whatever the prompt says)

 

[Machmat]

yeah I got that part but, I can't find the /exefile in that huge list

 

[Machmat]

oops

found it.... sorry

 

[swifty_morgan]

if you don't know what you are doing don't do it. before you know it your machine will start having problems.

 

[ssddx]

@swifty

its a fairly straightforward fix and as long as he doesnt go clicking on anything else than what i said it will all be fine.

 

[swifty_morgan]

that's what worries me.........lol I can remember my early years. I messed up bad bad bad many many times.

 

[Machmat]

ok so i put "%1" &* in the /exefile and the /exefile/shell and restarted my pc but nothing happened.

 

[Machmat]

%* not &*

 

[ssddx]

..........

didnt i say that you likely only had to change the ".exe" one? i'd have done only that and restarted

that would have been the only thing needed the change from acrobat trying to open exes to windows defaulting to opening them.

 

[Machmat]

ok i got it to work this time, thanks!