Vista - Default File Type Associations - Restore

Sharyn,

I'm happy to hear that it has seemed to sort itself out for you. Thank you for posting back.

Spot on beautiful post, my friend. These merges work perfectly. I cannot thank you enough for these. You've done some hard work, and I really appreciate it. However, I was wondering if you could post a .reg file for the default wave file. That's the only one that I am missing. Great post!

You're most welcome AudioTN30, and welcome to Vista Forums.

WAV has been added to the list.

Works perfectly. Thank you so very much for the quick reply and the hard work you have done. The problem I had was the icons for most audio files on my computer were not going back to the Vista defaults. This used to be an easy fix in XP, but in Vista it's not, at least until I found your post. These icons lost their default association (wmp 11) after I uninstalled a piece of freeware called Wave Pad--a freeware audio editor. Apparently, this software installed itself as the default player for .mp3, .wmv and .wav files.

The strange thing is that I was never given an option during the install process to set up file associations. I always like trying out audio editing freeware to give alternative suggestions to my friends. They don't like the price tag that comes with the audio editing software I use (Nuendo, Melodyne, FL Studio 8 and Adobe Audition). I'll continue to suggest Audacity and steer clear of other editors.

Again, thank you so much for your help.

You're most welcome AudioTN30. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

Below are excerpts from two of my posts to Microsoft Forums.
Both offer helpful links to supplement Brink's file association fixes.
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html)
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Does anyone have a suggestion on where to obtain a downloadable registry fix to re-associate .CAB files with the correct default Windows program, and to restore the .CAB file icon after incorrectly associating it with a .RAR file-opening program?
Winhelponline ---
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html --- has an extremely helpful 'file association fix' page, but .CAB file is not among the 30 or so fixes available.
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SpiritX, your recommendation to try the (xp_cabfix) downloadable fix by Doug Knox's File Associations at http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm fixed the problem.

After running the CAB file fix called xp_cabfix and then rebooting, this fickle machine is now behaving with regard to the default CAB file association; it's default Icon has also been restored.
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Hope this information is helpful to anyone who's accidentally associated a file with the wrong program or installed an extracting program that integrated itself into the Windows shell context menu.

Related Microsoft Forum Threads:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...5-15ee55c44790
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...0-4d86fcde72d9

Hello Krittermattel,

The default CAB download has been created and added to the tutorial.

Brink,

Thanks for adding the .CAB File Extension Fix to your tutorial.

I'm so glad I found Vista Forums --- your threads in particular --- recommended to me by a Microsoft Answers Forum Supporting Member, SpiritX --- SpiritX's Profile

Don't know exactly how Vista Forum replys work, but I've listed some additional links (last two suggested by SpiritX) that may be useful in finding fixes for file association/extension problems and/or restoring default settings.



Although the second one is listed as being for XP, it seems to work for Vista as well; it's where I found the .CAB fix.

• File association fixes for Windows Vista
• Windows XP File Assocation Fixes
• http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Thanks a million --- Keep up with the awesome, informative, insightful and knowledgeable posts.

krittermattel

You're welcome. The CAB file in the tutorial was created from a clean install of Vista.

If u merge all zip files into single zip. it would be much appreciated.

Regdards