An old program (Critical Mass) took possession of the cmd extension. I have deleted the offending program, but I can not get windows to recognize the .cmd extension anymore. I tried to fix it by associating cmd with cmd.exe. Now all that happens it a command window opens and sits there. I can't get the 'shell' part of cmd.exe to execute scripted files. Please Help!
you could try a system restore, however you may be better of playing with powershell. i hate computers!
but cant help myself....
tickruck, Try the "cmd file association fix" at the link below. Instructions are on the page. Restore Default Windows 7 File Extension Type Associations
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...Tufenuf
Tufenuf
That worked!!! I was facing a complete rebuild. Now the shell acts like a SHELL again and not just a command window. The associations are correct also (in 'control panel' >> 'default programs'.Thanks again
tickruck
tickruck, Glad to see that it worked and corrected the problem and Thanks for posting back to let us know. Tufenuf
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