Registry Healer Online Help. Windows® Registry Cleaner software. Double-clicking on a .reg backup file does not restore backup. Instead, it runs notepad. How to fix this?
Double-clicking on a .reg backup file does not restore backup. Instead, it runs notepad. How to fix this?
This means that the system has lost their .reg file program association. You can restore this in the
following way:
1. open Registry Healer backup folder in explorer;
2. hold Shiftkey on your keyboard and right mouse click on a .reg file to pop-up menu;
3. select the "Open with.." command from the menu;
3. click "Browse.." button (or "Other.." button in Windows® XP) and select "C:\Windows\regedit.exe" file ("C:\Windows\" is a path where your system is installed). Be sure that the box "Always use this program for such files" is checked.
That's all.
Next time you click on a .reg file it will be imported into the registry with help of regedit.exe that is default system handler for .reg files.