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Answer by binaryfunt for How do you remove a default program association for...

Safe brute-force method None of the other answers' methods worked on their own for me when trying to delete the file association for something like .htaccess. This combined method worked (Windows 10):...

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Answer by Mostafa for How do you remove a default program association for...

My Solutions: Use this method of this question...but for some user it not work Another Solution: Search for php_auto_file in registry and delete entry. after explorer restart ..it's work Best Solution:...

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Answer by Thirumalesh.L for How do you remove a default program association...

Open a New Text File .txt and save it in desktop by give any name and extension as .exe and close it, open properties of the file which you want to change open with and in general tab click change in...

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Answer by eselk for How do you remove a default program association for file...

Similar to the top answer, but I find it best to only delete the UserChoice sub-key because you don't need to kill all of the info about the file extension (like the open with list), just the "choice...

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Answer by coder30 for How do you remove a default program association for...

Even easier method that I found, it just requires the command line. Open a command prompt with Administrator privileges (right click > Run as Administrator). Run the command assoc...

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Answer by Mal for How do you remove a default program association for file...

Why not use this method here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/default-program-windows-7.htm Follow these very easy steps for changing the program that starts when you open a particular...

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Answer by Mark Lakata for How do you remove a default program association for...

I did the brute-force ignorant method. Delete all registry keys that have the extension mentioned in them, as well as delete all the registry keys that have the previous application (bar.exe) mentioned...

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Answer by e Thomas for How do you remove a default program association for...

I could not find the correct Windows Registry line, so I used a work around. On my desktop, I created a text file named "deleteable.txt". I changed the extension to .exe. Next, I used the control panel...

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Answer by Molly7244 for How do you remove a default program association for...

Creative Element Power Tools is a collection of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows Me. One of the file utility is File Type...

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Answer by Alex for How do you remove a default program association for file...

In Explorer, go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types, find the extension you're looking for, and click Delete. Or, if Delete is grayed out, click Restore (to set it back to the defaults), then Delete.

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Answer by Christothes for How do you remove a default program association for...

Find the file extension in question under this key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts Deleting the sub-key with the same name as the...

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How do you remove a default program association for file types in Windows 7?

I somehow have set the default file type association for a file type in Windows 7. It doesn't appear to be possible to delete it from the "Change the file type associated with a file extension"...

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