Windows shortcuts opening with notepad

barneysplash

Hi all

I have a new WIndows 7 PC.
When I was working with some shortcuts to notepad files, I did something
and now all my shortcuts open into notepad files filled with alphanumeric symbols.

This has really messed up my routinee, does anyone know how I can set
it back to the original Windows setting?

Thanks

Barneysplash.

jabberwock

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a14c03d2-1fd6-42fe-89dc-d831438f691c/how-to-reset-file-associations-to-default-values?forum=genuinewindows7

Capt'n Midnight

system restore can be very handy for general weirdness

barneysplash

Hi all

Just an update to say that the above link from Jabberwock

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a14c03d2-1fd6-42fe-89dc-d831438f691c/how-to-reset-file-associations-to-default-values?forum=genuinewindows7

that leads to this site:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Worked perfectly.

Thanks guys!