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Guide: File Association Helper in Windows 10, 11

File Association Helper in Windows 10, 11

In this article you will find out:

how to interact with File Association Helper in Windows 10, 11

how to protect your data

Are you ready? Let's read!

About this process

File Association Helper is a third-party free software that can be found in the Start Menu on computers running Windows XP through Windows 10, 11. Since users do not install this application, they tend to think it is a virus.

In fact, this is not the case, the application does not install malicious codes on your computer and, moreover, does not behave like malware. You can uninstall this program, as it generates a Windows startup command when you first install it, and then automatically starts every time you boot up your computer.

That is, you may notice that File Association Helper is using computer resources and slowing down performance, even if you do not really need this tool. You can find the installation folder at C: Program Files File Association Helper. The executable file of the program is Fahwindow.exe, other related files include fahwindow.exe, fah.exe, etc. To delete all these files and get rid of the program permanently, you need to continue to follow this article.

Use Control Panel

The third-party File Association Helper application can be uninstalled through the control panel in a few steps:

Go to the Start menu and type Control Panel in the search bar.

Click the first result and in a new window go to the "Uninstall the program" section.

Find and open "File Association Assistant".

Click "Uninstall" and wait until FAH is completely removed from your PC.

Work with Registry Editor

That's not all, you should also remove any traces or file changes associated with the program. To do this, open and clean the Registry Editor: in the Start menu, type regedit and start the Registry Editor.

Now you should run the following keys and delete them:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareFile Association Helper

KEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareFile Association Helper

Look for hidden objects

In addition, the file association assistant may have left some hidden files and folders, and you will need to be sure to delete them.

Open Control Panel, select Show Hidden Files and locate the following folders:

C: Data and Application File Association Assistant for all users - delete it.

C: Program FilesFile Association Helper - delete it.

C: Documents and Settings% USER% Application DataFile Association Helper, delete it.

So, now you need to restart the computer.

Remove temporary files

To make sure that no leftover file is left, clean the temporary folder, as it contains all temporary files. To do this, in the search box, enter the command %temp% - this will open the Temp folders. Delete all possible files, if any files remain, leave them, as most likely they are used by Windows services or some running software.

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