Well, does anyone know what this stuff is or relates to?

Well I found the .zh file extension. Zelda Classic (written for the PC)

Farvatten said:

I'm actually quite interested in this, cause I've been seeing it for a while now.

As a general rule I do a clean install with every major release and will see them soon after, once I've made the file associations with my programs like Notepad++ and Xnview.

Then once deleted they don't normally return. But if there's a new file association months later it can happen. I'm just now seeing the connections and recently have been monitoring what I call my "after 'zune' list" of oddities.

I suspect many other's might have them, but who scrolls ALLL the way to the end HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and past 'zune' to see them?

Once we get to 21H1 soon, I'll more closely watch as I install all my utilities to see when they appear and by what program.

I'll post back any findings.

How do I UN - associate notepad with .zh files?



brb gotta reboot.

Farvatten said:

You ask good questions sir.

I found this but have never used it:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...commands/assoc

Well with careful butchering of the registry, notepad is no longer associated with .zh files.
And... Zelda Classic still works.

But, the Chinese characters are still there.

Matthew Wai said:

I am now running Chinese Windows PE. The characters in question are displayed as junk characters rather than Chinese characters.

Yeah, the translator said some were Korean (auto-detect)

I think I'm gonna try the backup, then butcher the registry method.
Thanks for the assists.


When I went through the registry deleting zh_auto_file entries, and then decided to make a backup, I ran CCleaner as usual, and noticed that one of those fake Chinese entries went away.

Anyway, I'm now gonna try just deleting them and see what happens.



/edit

Well... the computer didn't blow up.

Matthew Wai said:

See whether .zh is associated with Notepad.

REG query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zh\OpenWithList


PS No one is competing for rep. Thanks for the rep anyway!

I already found out how to unassociate it, and it was associated with notepad, and is again.
I deleted the fake Chinese keys, and then deleted those files in my user name folder (.blf and .regtrans-ms) except the current ones. Then rebooted and the fake Chinese keys aren't back.

I checked all the programs that I thought might be related to those entries, and all seem fine.

So, I'll keep an eye on it, I guess.

And I know there's no rep contest bro... I was just kidding.


/edit

I'm gonna mark this as resolved, but like I said, I'm gonna keep an eye on those reg entries.