Windows Vista file sort and file extensions associations may corrupted or get broken , some files with a couple of extensions cannot be opened properly.
For example, some third party programs or viruses may wrongly set or assign file associations for extensions that don’t have a default program such as .exe, inf, .com, .sys, .lnk, folder, directory.
You can change default program for specific file extension via folder option in control panel or by clicking right click on a file >open with >chose desired program to open the file and mark “Always use this initiative to open this kind of file” option.
When a file default program for opening file extension is deleted or misconstrued , the icon for the file kind becomes blank in the shape of empty paper list
And when user double clicks on the file he receives “Open With” dialog to chose a program to open the file with.
The problem is especially worse when the file association for executable in .exe extensions is broken, causing programs such as Acrobat Reader, Outlook , Word , Internet Explore , and even Registry Editor that is necessary to fix the invalid file association problems ,cannot be started, and unable to launch or execute.
Windows Vista obvious file extension Set Association management interface cannot reset and fix the corrupted or invalid file association back to factory default, or at least coming back to a workable state. As a workaround, user can try to manually remove the user-choice file association to restore back to Windows default file type and extension association.
If the manual deletion of personalized file association performs not work, or ask for to direct yet simple fix for the file type and file extension association problem.
To fix the problem Download Winhelponline.com vista-extentions-fix.zip registry fix file .
Unzip it and execute the files bu needed extension
The file association fixes for the following file extensions
* audiocd
* avi
* bat
* bmp
* chm
* cmd
* com
* dvr-ms
* exe
* gif
* htm
* html
* ico
* inf
* jpe
* jpeg
* jpg
* js
* lnk
* mp3
* mpe
* mpeg
* mpg
* msc
* reg
* scr
* tif
* tiff
* txt
* vbs
* wma
* wmv
* xml
* xps
* zip
* Folder
* Directory
* Drive
Note that to run registry files you need to right click it and chose “Run as Administrator” to apply the file association fix for the respective file type and extension.