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When I click a .bat file it gives me a message: "How do you want to open this file?" 1st picture for reference.

I expect a batch file to run a cmd for me, so even when I click an option to open the file with cmd it doesn't work. I tried creating a simple .bat command:

@echo off title This is your first batch script! echo Welcome to batch scripting! pause

But when I do that the file itself doesn't even look like a .bat file: 2nd picture for reference

...and doesn't open cmd as it should.

I think there is something wrong with the .bat in regedit.

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    See if this helps>>>>winhelponline.com/blog/… Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 15:59
  • @Moab Thank you for your help. If anyone else has this problem you can keep this thread open. Maybe I didn't understand people who know more about the computer language so I didn't know where to go and what to do. That's why my question looks unprofessional (but maybe this is what people are looking for (simplicity)). <3 Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 16:34
  • if you rename your .bat to .cmd the same happen? Commented Jan 17, 2021 at 0:49

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As an alternative you can also fix this from an elevated command prompt.

Open an elevated command prompt and type this:

assoc bat=batfile ftype batfile="%1" %*

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  • For some reason it did not work when I tried it manually just like you're showing. So I had to download .bat file association. Unfortunately I forgot to take screenshots. Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 16:51
  • Did you get any error messages or just didn't work? Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 16:54
  • Yes, there were messages in cmd, but I don't remember what exactly it said. Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 16:58
  • Maybe "access denied" if you didn't run from elevated command prompt Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 17:01
  • No, it was something like "missing..." or "registry does not exist". Commented Jan 12, 2021 at 17:03

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