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"Open" command in Context Menu on EXE files Showing Wrong

Anonymous
2019-06-14T21:57:03+00:00

Dear All,

I made a mistake with registry editing because I thought that some files were not opening. Fortunately, it turned out okay, but this has left me with a strange problem. Whilst opening EXE files, the context menu displays the code "%1" %1, which I remember from the regedit (which I have restored to the defaults, I hope).

This only seems to affect EXE files and shortcuts to EXEs, and they still open (thankfully), but the absence of the "open" is disconcerting me quite a lot. Is there a way the original "open" can be restored?

Thanks in advance!

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Anonymous
2019-06-15T02:59:13+00:00

Saveing the follwing text as a .reg file & merging is most likely all you need:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open]

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Keith

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-06-15T19:49:56+00:00

    You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback & for marking my reply as 'Answer'.

    Keith

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-06-15T19:38:29+00:00

    This worked! Thank you very much indeed!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-06-15T02:47:45+00:00

    If the registry key

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes.exe

    or

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile 

    exists, delete it. Then make sure that your registry entries match the following:

    Key Name:          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open

    Class Name:        <NO CLASS>

    Last Write Time:   5/2/2019 - 9:20 AM

    Value 0

    Name:            EditFlags

    Type:            REG_BINARY

    Data:

    00000000   00 00 00 00                                        ....

    Key Name:          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command

    Class Name:        <NO CLASS>

    Last Write Time:   5/2/2019 - 9:20 AM

    Value 0

    Name:            <NO NAME>

    Type:            REG_SZ

    Data:            "%1" %*

    Value 1

    Name:            IsolatedCommand

    Type:            REG_SZ

    Data:            "%1" %*

    Keith

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