bat-files suddenly associated w. MS WORD - how to get back to normal?

I use a few .bat files to do simple chores, such as copying newly changed
files to a backup folder.
Suddenly these bat-files associate with MS WORD and open there instead of
doing their batch work.
I suspect that maybe some recent Vista updates (they come in droves) are
responsible for this mess.
How do I get back to normal?

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Vennlig hilsen / Best regards,
Christian F. Scheel sr.
Oslo, Norway

You can use the program ExtMan to administer all your data-types, its
very small and doesn't need installing.
Open it, go to .bat, press edit, click on the command "open" and change
the path of Word to -> "%1" %* <-


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forumghost

As a possible work-around you could copy and paste the text of the files
into new batch files. If the new ones work, delete the old ones.

If the problem persists I would suspect your AV program is at fault.
Got Norton or McAfee?



"CFScheel" <cfscheel@online.no> wrote in message
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>I use a few .bat files to do simple chores, such as copying newly changed
>files to a backup folder.
> Suddenly these bat-files associate with MS WORD and open there instead of
> doing their batch work.
> I suspect that maybe some recent Vista updates (they come in droves) are
> responsible for this mess.
> How do I get back to normal?
>
> --
> Vennlig hilsen / Best regards,
> Christian F. Scheel sr.
> Oslo, Norway

[karthi3765]

I use a few .bat files to do simple chores, such as copying newly changed
files to a backup folder.
Suddenly these bat-files associate with MS WORD and open there instead of
doing their batch work.
I suspect that maybe some recent Vista updates (they come in droves) are
responsible for this mess.
How do I get back to normal?

this is what my registry has for '.bat' files, Vista Home Premium, SP2
.........
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat]
@="batfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"
..........

the more likely cause is that you at some time forced the use of MSWord as
the default for '.bat' . (MS Word would not be default editor, Notepad would
be the normal edit default).



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>
> I use a few .bat files to do simple chores, such as copying newly
> changed
> files to a backup folder.
> Suddenly these bat-files associate with MS WORD and open there instead
> of
> doing their batch work.
> I suspect that maybe some recent Vista updates (they come in droves)
> are
> responsible for this mess.
> How do I get back to normal?
>
>
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> karthi3765
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