CMD ‘batch file’ no longer performs in Win7 Ultimate (32bit)

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For over a year, double clicking ‘file.cmd’ would trigger the correct response. Now, a double-click merely opens it in a text editor. When I try to change the file association, I find that “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” is greyed out, with an indelible/irremovable tick for a text editor. I need two things : 1. How to reverse the greying out and 2. What program to recommend to run the CMD.

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Check the COMSPEC environment variable, which should point to c:windowssystem32cmd.exe

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“Check the COMSPEC environment variable” was too technical for me to be useful; but it turns out that “should point to c:windowssystem32cmd.exe” is the solution, although I came to it from a different suggestion – by using the CMD patch file from http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html Thanks

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