How To Restore ANY Default File Type/Extension Or Program To Its Original State 

I’m pretty sure this is the only video on RU-vid that is actually showing how to reset them to default

this man saved me from breaking my game by turning my textures files into a shortcut im surprised how i did that

Finally, a stright to the point answer to all file extension changes! I had tried everything and could not revert my .wim back from .pdf

You didn't save my life, but you extended it to its right extension state. Thank You So Much!!

if u can't open regedit in computer then restart your PC and press F5 or F8 to open start up repair and select cmd in that and type regedit in cmd u will open register editor

You saved me from breaking my .anim files I can't thank you enough

Thank you for the video!!!! I accidently screwed up a file on one of my favorite video games and I couldn't play it properly, and every forum I found made no sense!!!! This video was easy to understand and quick so I greatly appreciate you uploading this!!!!!!

Brilliant . After reading and watching half a dozen sources of advice, this is the only video which was clear and concise and it WORKED!! Thanks so much :-)

omg thank you i thoght im gonna lost my batman game my batman game fiel turn into adobe reader

Watched it 6 years later and it still helped me immensely

fucking legend. Straight to the point, appreciate it man.

bro...2022 and you saved my keyboard from becoming a frisbee. You rock!

Owe you a coupla beers. Change made easy...it is a real 'keeper' ..good job my man.

Bless your kind soul for making this video easy to follow. I don't know how many times I accidentally messed up my .package files and I wasn't able to use them in my game because they had to open with unknown application. This helped me out big time.

Clear and concise, if only every tutorial video was like yours.....

tysm! i thought i was never going to play sven co-op again ever but thanks to you, you cured my depression, thank you so much again your great! :D

Thank you, i was trying to save my brawlhalla replays and i turned them into internet explorer downloads.

u are A FUCKING LEGEND Helping even after 8 years.

Man Ik u made this 3 years ago but I fucking live u for making this vid

U deserve a million viewers my friend . Thanks . God bless you

Even to this year this is still usefull thank you so much!

Thank goodness, it was just a pain to look at my .hex files with the VLC logo

I deleted the whole file and it came right back stayed in notepad

You help so much! you deserve 1 trillion subscribers!

Thanks so much! Just had a hiccup with a zoom download and this video helped me. YOU ROCK.

I KNEW IT WAS SOMEWHERE THERE BUT I COULDT FIND IT THANKS BRo.

thanks. You are the only english guy that knows about this. All the other videos about this is indian

my god thank you. i was so tired of dealing with that shit

Thank you so very much!! You're a life savior!!

I didn't work for me after I shut off my laptop the file was the same.

Worked like a charm ! win 8.1 thank you bro

I have a .FIT file opening in photoshop, even if I do what this video suggests it still opens in photoshop. Any help I would be grateful

it just turned into the internet explorer icon :(

Had to reassign the icons everything is working now.Thanks.

Perfect... Worked 100's on Windows 10. I Accidentally told uTorrent to be main program to open DAT Files. Guess the uTorrent Icon will go away after a restart. Either way.. Thanks for wonderful Video.

everytime i download a gsc file it makes it into a notepad file ,smh

please tell how to back everything into their original place after recovery files.please I recoverd my lost files but after recovery they are not runing

your an absolute legend

Heck brah i thought i completely ruined my extension and then i saw you video and i m all set 👍👍big thumbs up from me 😀

Great now i can restore my .json files for my mods on my windows thanks dude!

ok what i did doesnt work i cant change my .json from notepad back to its original look i restarted my pc and even shut it down and nothing changed what do i do ?

What if my computer got infected with a virus which is saying that there are extension on EVERY single file I have (which is true but not the windows one)and the only way to get my data back is to pay 1000 dollars :( help me please!

it work now after deleted the main folder of that file in the registry

Thank you mister.

I know regedit very well. Folder was not there. Everything was as it should be. YET! I accidentally changed a .key extension, which now thinks its a rar. Because there are no programs to open .key files. WTF. Anyone know how this can be? Windows 10. Just restored it last week to factory, and all upgrades.

Good explanation 👍

youre my kinda guy straight to the point informative thanks for the video bro

Hell yeah straight to the point my man your a great dude thx

Works for win 10 to. Nice thanks

I wish I could like this 100 times over

I wanted to run a new Windows bcos of this. Thinking is impossible. You really saved me and my Money. ❤. Subscribed./Liked/Commented

This did not fix my issue. A binary file mistakenly got associated with IE, and even though I deleted the strings. It kept defaulting back to IE. Trying system restore.

Is it ok/fine/safe that my computer is still loading once I restart my computer ? (My computer has already loaded for 10mins in the Asus loading screen)

But on my laptop after clicking .dll only open with progids option I am seeing what to do now help me

Thank you so much CyberPunk! I did a oopsie with a json file xD.

A sea of Thank you my dude!

I accidentally turned my vrchat avatar file into a internet explorer but I did this but it didn’t change anything

you are a life saver.... Gratitude

sir i do all your procedure... but when i restart my loptap.. the files still the same and icon.. plss i need your help

Thank u.. this process is working.. but show notepad icon for any .correct extension file

Hey brother, thanks for putting this out there so that those of us who are challenged, can learn too. I wish I'd found your site sooner, I've struggled with computers forever but Hell I'm getting to damn old to learn new tricks. Thanks again, from a new subscriber Wade.

Can anyone help me, I accidentally press notepad for .ASI file and I tried doing the exact same thing in the video and nothing happened it just stayed as notepad.

I’ve only got OpenWithProgids and no other options, what do I do? I accidentally opened my sims custom content files with notepad and now my sims game won’t work

Wow. That was very helpful and well explained. Thank you so much!

Just copy and paste this pass in the regstory editor easy, Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.dll\OpenWithList I would like to see these under video.

thanks so much still works

I have changed my json file into photoshop by accident and when I found you tutorial I was so happy and when I restarted my computer the json files didnt change any help?

Dudeee !!..You'reee FREAKIN AWESOMEEE !!..I was like mind -numb just trying to Fix this ..Honestly i just rebooted and It worked like a charm...Hell !.. I buy you a beer if I could ! XD ...lol..suscribing as of now ..TYsoomuch !

Thanks a lot dude ! Really helped out ! Liked and Subbed

ty so much i set a pl file to rar and was searching for answers this helped a lot

THANKS IT WORKED I LOVE THE FAST INTRO

absolute life saver mate

you’re a legend man

Not working. I tried all this hoping to convert my heroset/docx files to normal but nothing happened.

I've tried different videos and it still doesn't seem to restore back to default and I've even reset my pc when I've done everything

Bro... good work..

idk if im the only one but i dont have the (OpenWithList) file

Thank you

Hi bro, thank you for helping people with issues and getting straight to the point. I have a question. My old PC died on me and I accidentally formatted my SSD backup drive to an ESD-USB Windows 10 Creation Tool, thinking it would be fine to reinstall Windows 10 on my old PC. Now, I managed to recover some files on my new laptop using a recovery software, however, my new laptop is Windows 11 and most of the files I recovered are unnamed, all my folders gone, some gigantic PDF files that are unopenable. My question: Does your method only work on the same PC or do you need to have all of the applications that were on the old computer installed on your new PC? Thank you so much in advance.

Internet explorer made all my files into, idk what to call it its just has there logo and now I cant config anything

Thank you so much man

when i try to open a file i accidently made it so it only opens with internet explorer how do i fix this?

thank you so much, you are the best

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Sorry but this doesn't work for me. This is the problem: After I did your method, it does remove the other "open with" programs but my .esp (Elder Scrolls Plugins) file is still opening with SkyrimSELauncher.exe after restart. What should i do?

Did everything you said and my .json is not back to orginal format.

For some reason every time I copy and paste a chart or picture it saves as a png file… I’m looking to return it back to a jpg. File. I wonder if this reset will fix my problem?

i had the stuff i need to delete and the stuff i need to keep already when i run the app and my icons were default

Thanks

Legendary thank you my man

Thank you so much really helped me appreciated it alot!

hi, i changed the hex file type to notepad, i tried your solution but i dont see a .hex in the fileexts. what should i do to restore the hex file to default?

very nice . thank u so much

Best Dude U r Awsm Great Video😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

You have any idea how to restore/decrypt files with .URNB extension? Thanks much bro

so everytime i download somethings it like a folder but these colored squares on it and it says iso. i cant download anything pls help

You're a genius

Does this work with strange files like (lqqw) all my data files have been converted and cannot access. Please any help will be highly appreciated.

THIS HELPED A LOT .

Does anyone know if this applies to recovered files that show/have no extensions??