If instead of executing BAT files Windows asks to choose default program
If a program, usually a text editor, broke file associations and you are unable to run BAT (windows batch) files,
copy and paste the following code into your notepad, save it with a .reg extension (e.g. fixbat.reg)
and run it to restore Windows file associations for BAT files.
It works at least on Windows 7 and newer.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat] @="batfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat\PersistentHandler] @="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile] @="Windows Batch File" "EditFlags"=hex:30,04,00,00 "FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\ 32,00,5c,00,61,00,63,00,70,00,70,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\ 00,2c,00,2d,00,36,00,30,00,30,00,32,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\DefaultIcon] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,6d,00,\ 61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,36,\ 00,38,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\edit] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\edit\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ 00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open] "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command] @="\"%1\" %*" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\print] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\print\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\ 00,25,00,31,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\runas] "HasLUAShield"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\runas\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,63,00,6d,00,\ 64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,43,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,\ 00,20,00,25,00,2a,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\runasuser] @="@shell32.dll,-50944" "Extended"="" "SuppressionPolicyEx"="{F211AA05-D4DF-4370-A2A0-9F19C09756A7}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\runasuser\command] "DelegateExecute"="{ea72d00e-4960-42fa-ba92-7792a7944c1d}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\ShellEx] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers] @="Compatibility" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\Compatibility] @="{1d27f844-3a1f-4410-85ac-14651078412d}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\ShellEx\DropHandler] @="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.bat] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bat]