Windows 10: I changed the value data of my exefile in registry and now I can't open SOME exe files...

\"This is a picture showing one of my exe files, usually there is an \"Open\" option not \"Application\"



Long story short, I have a problem when trying to open an exefile so I decided to fix it by watching a tutorial on youtube and not long after I changed the value data in my exefile and now I can't open it anymore.

I tried to put to the default value data of my exefile which is "Application" but the problem still persist, OH and FYI I'm not sure if it's only "just" exefile that I managed to change, it can also be other stuff in the registry that I managed to change all according to this one video,.. right here that I followed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubhcLcWtOp4

Yeah anyways, back to the problem. I can't open SOME exe files, remember SOME.. most of the time it works but some times it doesn't, but some exe files I have are important and I wanted to open it.

I don't know if anyone can help me in this sub, but if anyone have any idea on fixing this please tell me, thank you!

I wanted to ask, but is it possible to reset regedit back to the default value data without clean install Windows 10?

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I changes .exe (Default) files data value, and now I can't open .exe files. Can anyone tell me the normal data value for .exe?

Assuming you changed the value data for (default), in this key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.EXE]

If the Registry Editor is still open, you can change it back to "exefile" (without quotes). If you've already closed the Registry Editor, use this method to reset the correct value.

Double-click a text (.txt) file in your system.

(This opens Notepad.)

From the File menu, click New.

Copy the following contents and paste into Notepad.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]

@="exefile"

Save the file with .REG extension.

Double-click the file to run it.

This fixes the .exe file type ProgID.

 

Cannot run any exe file after setting registry default value=exefile

Hi,

I was having problems running some specific exe files so I found on this site the suggestion to check if the default value for the.exe files was set to "exefile".

Indeed it was not so I input exefile. The other default values were ok.

BUT NOW I CAN'T RUN ANY EXE FILE! not even regedit, cmd prompt or powershell. Not even from the win+X menu. This means I can't go check what is

inside the registry.

i can still run apps by opening files: for example i can open VLC by opening an mp3 and choosing open with from the context menu.

I additionally reset the application association to the default hoping it would help but instead all it did was rendering all my app icons as white sheets. So now I can't even tell one exe from the other!

Please help. Any suggestion on how to solve this without resetting?

Thanks a lot

Nico

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I changes .exe (Default) files data value, and now I can't open .exe files. Can anyone tell me the normal data value for .exe?

I changes .exe (Default) files data value, and now I can't open .exe files. Can anyone tell me the normal data value for .exe?