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when I double click .TXT files it opens command prompt

Anonymous
2012-01-15T09:42:44+00:00

whenever I try to open text files it instead opens CMD and in the window it says this

The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2350 in the message file

for Application.

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C:\Users\admin\Desktop>

... I am running Windows 7 64-Bit

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-01-15T16:11:40+00:00

    Set Default Program To Open File Type With

    1. Right click the file, select "open with..."
    2. Click on the program you want (Notepad is the default for text files).
    3. Make sure the "always used the selected program" box is checked on the bottom of the window.
    4. Click OK.

    Now that file type should always open in that program.

    Also, you can follow the guides on the page linked below.

    Change which programs Windows uses by default:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-01-16T12:41:04+00:00

    Set Default Program To Open File Type With

    1. Right click the file, select "open with..."
    2. Click on the program you want (Notepad is the default for text files).
    3. Make sure the "always used the selected program" box is checked on the bottom of the window.
    4. Click OK.

    Now that file type should always open in that program.

    Also, you can follow the guides on the page linked below.

    Change which programs Windows uses by default:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

    ^didnt know about the above link. but for some reason windows greyed out the always use this program. I tried all of this when it first happened but it just doesn't want to use the right program

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