I'm far from a computer expert, other than games I don't know much at all. I was trying to get a file for a game to work so I turned to google for help, It looks like I've gone onto something I shouldn't have. The instruction on the website was to click start and type "Shell32.dll" into the search box. The next instruction was to open it with Notepad, which I did... The box saying something like "always open using this program" was ticked. After spending time googling what I'd just done it seems like that was a huge mistake, I have no idea how to change it back to its original state. So far everything seems to be fine but from what I read on another site the shell32.dll file has something to do with the start up so I haven't turned my laptop off yet.

Here you go. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258860 Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Thanks but even that is a bit over my head. I'm not sure how to find: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\FileExts\.<var style="font-family:'Segoe UI', Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;text-align:left;">extension</var>\OpenWithList and if I do find it and remove Shell32 from the list will it refer back to it's original state before I changed it?

Start|Run|regedit You're looking for .DLL Yes, it will. For windows desktop versions you can ask them here. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

Ok so I bring up the registry editor, done that. Now I'm assuming I go to Edit > Find I'm not sure what to put into the find box

You browse the tree in left pane. This won't affect anything really so you can just leave it. Also you can just create a new user account. Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

You browse the tree in left pane. This won't affect anything really so you can just leave it. Also you can just create a new user account. Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.