Disallow the changes inside File Types in Windows Explorer to all users.
If you go to "Tools->Folder" Options in the Explorer and choose the tab "File Types", you can specify the default application for a particular file type. You can disable this feature.
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Description:
If you go to "tools->folder options" in the explorer and choose the tab "file types", you can specify the default application for a particular file type. In the tab file types of the folder options dialog you can also add or delete the file types, but if you enable this setting, you can't make any modifications to the file types. By using this tweak you can disable this feature for all users. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value "nofileassociate", if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to "1" to disable any modifications of the file types inside the explorer. However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value to "0". After a restart or log off the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
If you go to "tools->folder options" in the explorer and choose the tab "file types", you can specify the default application for a particular file type. In the tab file types of the folder options dialog you can also add or delete the file types, but if you enable this setting, you can't make any modifications to the file types. By using this tweak you can disable this feature for all users. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value "nofileassociate", if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to "1" to disable any modifications of the file types inside the explorer. However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value to "0". After a restart or log off the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b> key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoFileAssociate".
Third, right-click on the 'NoFileAssociate' DWORD value and click on "Modify".
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: NoFileAssociate
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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