Need help, how do I clear file type association?

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Recently I noticed a bunch of my files suddenly having a file association to the snes9x emulator I had on my pc. I was wondering if anyone knows how to clear it to not associate with it anymore?

I also don't like how the image isn't the white paper anymore, is some app window. I want to change it back to the white page and clear the association.

 

[Alexander1970]

Hello.

Windows 10 ? If YES than:

APPS - STANDARD APPS - scroll down to RESET to DEFAULT or change it manually below.

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or RIGHT CLICK on a .BIN file - OPEN WITH and choose an other App.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Okay, and how do I change the image that is displayed?

 

[Alexander1970]

Did the reset not help ?

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Did the reset not help ?

No, it still has the same icons. I guess I can try restarting the pc.

 

[tastymeatball]

If that doesn't help you can try to delete the icon cache
Just look on the internet to know how to do this

 

[Alexander1970]

How to Rebuild the Icon Cache in Windows 10


The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each time.

The icon cache can sometimes become corrupted causing the icons of files to display incorrectly or distorted. When this happens, the icon cache needs to be deleted to reset and automatically recreate it.

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10.

Rebuilding the icon cache will not help with the following icon issues:

• The icon of a shortcut not displaying properly due to the target source of the shortcut was moved or deleted. You may need to recreate a new shortcut directly from the source (ex: program's exe) file to replace it instead.
• All icons for a specific file extension display the wrong icon. This may be due to setting the wrong association for what app to open the file type instead. If so, restoring the default association of the file extension will fix this issue.
• Thumbnails of folders, pictures, videos, and documents.

Tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5645-rebuild-icon-cache-windows-10-a.html


And if nothing helps and Windows "insist" of the current icon you can use a tool:

File Types Manager:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

Good Luck.