Windows 10: How to unset default app for Batch Files, cmd files, etc for Windows 11

After upgrading to Windows 11, all my batch, cmd files etc suddenly open with Notepad, instead of running.I already saw this reg for bat files: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-unset-default-app-for-batch-files/589623b3-5951-4a68-95d2-b04b83a9de09but it's for Windows 10. I didn't dare to use the reg file on my Windows 11 device.So my questions are:1. Did the upgrade to Windows 11 change this as I cannot remember I had the same at Windows 10 or that I changed it my self for bat, cmd, etc.2. How can I undo/solve, so the default actions is that they run.

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How to unset default app for Batch Files

I have inadvertently set a default app (Notepad++) for batch files. The fix suggested by:

Redirecting

does not work as the "Open with..." option is not available for excecutable files. I tried the registry. there were a few keys that associated Notepad++ and .bat filetypes but I guess there is another superior location. Now that I have written this wonderful batch file it would be nice to use it!

Can anybody help me or is this a clean install job?

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

You can't just rename a batch file to .exe *Big Grin it wont ever work! =D and that "bench" is built into vista *Smile And you cant input text into another cmd window.. But if you want to open calc.exe from a batch file just type calc.exe *Smile

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.