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JSI Tip 1605. More about lost EXE association..

In tip 0271, we described a process you could use to correct the lose of the .EXE association in the registry.

When you are up to your ___ in alligators, it is difficult to remember that your origonal objective was to drain the swamp.

Before booting to an alternate instance of Windows NT, you could try to:

1. Rename Regedit.exe to Regedit.com, as .COM is also executable.

2. Use Regedit.com to fix the problem at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command.

3. Rename Regedit.com to Regedit.exe.

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