Thanx for the response.
I tried the Windows Repair utility as you instructed to no avail. Ran it as myself and elevated it through my shortcut properties and ran it as administrator with the same results. Control Panel's Set Associations had extension bat default program as notepad before and after. Tried running a couple of bat files with the same results. Windows still launches the bats as notepad read files. Your program seemed to work without errors, here's the log file:
----- Begin Windows Repair Log.txt -----
System Variables
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OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
OS Architecture: 64-bit
OS Version: 6.3.9600
OS Service Pack:
Computer Name: DELLXPS
Windows Drive: C:\
Windows Path: C:\WINDOWS
Program Files: C:\Program Files
Program Files (x86): C:\Program Files (x86)
Current Profile: C:\Users\Matt
Current Profile SID: S-1-5-21-2837509893-3066504219-2024476280-1001
Current Profile Classes: S-1-5-21-2837509893-3066504219-2024476280-1001_Classes
Profiles Location: C:\Users
Profiles Location 2: C:\WINDOWS\ServiceProfiles
Local Settings AppData: C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Local
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System Information
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System Up Time: 0 Days 00:01:16
Process Count: 63
Commit Total: 1.42 GB
Commit Limit: 9.25 GB
Commit Peak: 1.43 GB
Handle Count: 22285
Kernel Total: 192.71 MB
Kernel Paged: 136.52 MB
Kernel Non Paged: 56.19 MB
System Cache: 708.62 MB
Thread Count: 979
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Memory Before Cleaning with CleanMem
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Memory Total: 8.00 GB
Memory Used: 1.17 GB(14.6057%)
Memory Avail.: 6.83 GB
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Cleaning Memory Before Starting Repairs...
Memory After Cleaning with CleanMem
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Memory Total: 8.00 GB
Memory Used: 964.89 MB(11.7821%)
Memory Avail.: 7.06 GB
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Starting Repairs...
Started at (18 Jul 14 22:11:53)
23.01 - Repair bat Association
Start (18 Jul 14 22:11:56)
Running Repair Under Current User Account
Running Repair Under System Account
Done (18 Jul 14 22:12:03)
Cleaning up empty logs...
All Selected Repairs Done.
Done at (18 Jul 14 22:12:03)
Total Repair Time: 00:00:11
...YOU MUST RESTART YOUR SYSTEM...
-----End Windows Repair Log.txt -----
and yes I restarted the system
BTW, I'm using Win 8.1.
I'm impressed with your program. Love the way it reminds you of the preliminaries like registry backup, chkdsk and SFC. Those are the types of things I sometimes forget to do when looking for problems. Well done.
Anyway, know not what else to say. Still stuck in la-la land.
Jesferkicks
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