Changing file association

I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need that
..bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association. Any
ideas?
Thanks
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markyg

markyg wrote:
> I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad
> and didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now
> I need that .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the
> Notepad association. Any ideas?
> Thanks
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An utility to unassociate file types in Windows Vista
http://tinyurl.com/2ssrlj
or...
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

File association fixes for Windows Vista
http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp
or...
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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John Inzer
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"markyg" <> wrote in message
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>I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
> didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need
> that
> .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association.
> Any
> ideas?
> Thanks
> --
> markyg

Try Control Panel/Default Programs/Associate a File Type or Protocol with a
Program

"markyg" <> wrote in message
news:2F09B823-896F-491F-89DE-...
>I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
> didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need
> that
> .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association.
> Any
> ideas?

Control Panel/Default Program but how to set it to unassigned for a BAT
file, which mine is setting at that setting, is another story. Maybe, you
have to do a registry hack to set it back to unassigned.

Check out this article. It will show you how to fix the problem.

http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
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Paul


"markyg" wrote:

> I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
> didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need that
> .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association. Any
> ideas?
> Thanks
> --
> markyg

can't you just remove .bat from associations and next time you have one, it
will ask what to open/associate it with.

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote in message
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>
> "markyg" <> wrote in message
> news:2F09B823-896F-491F-89DE-...
>>I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
>> didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need
>> that
>> .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association.
>> Any
>> ideas?
>
> Control Panel/Default Program but how to set it to unassigned for a BAT
> file, which mine is setting at that setting, is another story. Maybe, you
> have to do a registry hack to set it back to unassigned.
>

Thanks PaulB, that did the trick!! I'll save that link for any future foo-pahs
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markyg


"PaulB" wrote:

> Check out this article. It will show you how to fix the problem.
>
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "markyg" wrote:
>
> > I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and
> > didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once under Notepad. Now I need that
> > .bat file to be able to run and can't get rid of the Notepad association. Any
> > ideas?
> > Thanks
> > --
> > markyg