Many times this happens to us when a file gets associated with a program in windows (XP or Vista) and we want to remove that association. So say if the is .htaccess.default and it gets linked with wordpad program so now whenever you click on all files with .default extension they will open in wordpad, which we always dont want. Also by default, windows hide the file extension and sometimes we need to see the extension of files, so how to remove the association of a file (and file extension) with a program so it don’t get opened when you click on it in any program ?

Here is the solution - To Remove filetype association with a file with all programs in windows XP or Vista, download this small utility from winhelponline.com. Don’t worry, its safe and well tested. Download the file, its an executable file and you don’t have to install it. If you double click on it, it will show a screen like this -

Just select the file type and click on Remove File Association (user). If that option is disabled, click on the option Delete file type, it will show you a warning, click on yes and the file type association with all programs will be removed.

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