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basheerpt
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Mar 13, 2025

Windows 11 24H2 breaks the .exe and .com file associations

Hello world, Recently updated to 24H2 feature update on my Dell Latitude 7450 laptop. Update took hours to complete. However, after login in, we found all the exe and com file extensions are broken....
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basheerpt
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Mar 22, 2025

Thank you for your input. Here are my actions:

  1. Change file associations:
    This option does not work for exe and com. They dont appear in default apps (Could be due to shell integrations)
  2. Command prompt does not work as the .com extension files are not opening. However, I tried it through safe mode. It did not work.
  3. Modifying registry did not work.
  4. Create profile: This is not tried. I will give it a try. 
  5. Yes, this is what I did. uninstalled the 24H2 through the safe mode. Back to previous, worked for me. But it does not solve the issue of installing the new version. 
  6. Repair option: Did not try. However, why this is required upon updating a system? It is not an odd case, it happens to every computer we update to this version!
  7. Contact MS. I was exploring the community, if anyone else experienced the issue. Will have a try with MS. 

    Thanks again.

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