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Been there, done that.... many a time and in different ways.... sooooooooo frustrating:

Sure, one can continuously open vlc-2.1.1-win64.7z every single time and go through the motions.... but that's ridiculous.

extract it

Extracting it starts the problem all over again after opening it.

Yes, thank you but that doesn't help. No one seems to have found a fix. Sure, one can continuously open vlc-2.1.1-win64.7z every single time and go through the motions.... but that's ridiculous. Has anyone found a way to perma-INSTALL VLC after this screw-up of wanting to Open everything?

* Delete

* Delete

All my icons turn to vlc and I have to UNINSTALL VLC to open up any program, major hassle. I can't disassociate extensions to anything other than VLC. Truly stumped. Do I need to Repair WIN 7?
Here's a snapshot of me trying to open PS3 Media Server: