Thursday, June 10, 2010

Mass Effect 2 launcher associated with files with no extension fix

What I have searched:
- windows 7 association files no extension mass effect 2
- windows 7 association files no extension
- fix associated with files that have no extension
- mass effect 2 associated with files that have no extension
- files with no association files open with mass effect 2
- Fixed an issue where the Mass Effect 2 launcher was being associated with files that have no extension.

I think you understood what my problem is. I mean was, the solution is here as follows,

1. Open regedit.exe
2. Backup these locations (you may export each of them);
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.
- HKEY_USERS\S-X-X-XX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-100X\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.
3. The final one is your unique account (user) on that pc.
4. Now delete those locations (back ups are good).
5. Log off and log on again.

Henceforth the files with no extension (for example hosts file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) will not open with Mass Effect 2 launcher by default.

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