Problem : VLC tries to open everything at startup?

[helloiamnew]

i just updated to the new version for VLC.
I then restarted my computer. Now none of my programs are working because whenever I try to open a program, VLC opens and tries to run it.
I get errors like..

VLC can't recognize the input's format:
The format of 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msconfig.exe' cannot be detected. Have a look the log for details.

VLC can't recognize the input's format:
The format of 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe' cannot be detected. Have a look the log for details.

How can I fix this?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLC version ?

Did you reset preferences AND cache ?

[helloiamnew]

i fixed the problem for the moment. since i couldn't do anything because for some reason vlc tried to run every program i opened, i decided to download the install file so it could delete vlc before installing a newer version. now that vlc is deleted, everything works properly.

but i would still like to use vlc as my default player but everytime i install it, the same problem happens now.

version is 0.9.6 and i reseted my preferences and cache. i even made sure to delete vlc completely before reinstalling.

[VLC_help]

I think that for some reason vlc is set to default .exe handler and that causes problems you have. That shouldn't happen with current VLC installer, because there isn't any .exe association (AFAIK there never has been). But someone else also reported similar issues and I have no clue why this happens.

[helloiamnew]

is there anyway to make it not be the default handler?

[VLC_help]

Use .7z or .zip packgages or when you install, don't choose file associations nor context menu stuff.

[kkilps]

After you install vlc
1 open any folder
2 click tools then folder options
3 click file types
4 find exe
5 delete it if its there
6 click new
7 enter exe into file extension, then click advance
8 choose application
9 now reboot and see if it worked.

[helloiamnew]

^thanks so much!
i did everything you said until the exe. part
i didnt see it then i tried to make a new exe.
then it prompted me to overwrite the old one and i clicked no.
then sure enough i saw the exe. extension being opened with vlc.
so i deleted/change it to its default and now everything is running perfectly!

thanks again for the help!