Sorry for the rash of tech questions latey, it's been a bad week for me vs. the computer.

I was just trying to download a few software upgrades, all ".exe" files. Wierd thing is that the system has associated ".exe" as a .jpeg (with a Photoshop icon as the host application) but actually opens with Adobe Acrobat.

How do I remove a file association? I don't want to change apps (which is the only option I can find). I just want the .exe file to open on it's own.

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go to tools, then folder options, then file types. find whatever the extension is that you need to open. and then change it to open with that program.

 

I found that, but the problem is that the .exe file is an installer (that's not installed on my system. So, I just want to remove the current association and not replace it with another.

What am I missing?

 

Choose delete instead of change. Double check the real file name. If it has two extensions, like xxxx.jpg.exe which means it may be a virus using the jpg extension to make it look like a picture. You can also right click and choose the "open with" option for special cases.