Illustrator File icon problems

Okay, I think I really messed things up on my computer. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and I recently got through uninstalling my CS4 version of the Adobe Design Premium. Unfortunately, doing this changed my file associations and messed up the icons for file types. First my .ai files had no icon and didn't open with Illustrator CS5.1. Then I got that fixed, but .EPS had no icon. Having it open with Illustrator gave it the default .ai icon and not the .eps icon like it was before. Even the file type description is gone, having been replaced by the generic "Adobe Illustrator Artwork 15.1". SVG and SVGZ files also have the same problem.
I've tried modifying the registry in hopes to get the correct icon back but nothing works. I already treid reinstalling the program, too. What do I do from here?

Okay, so the default program thing fixed EPS but the file types program didn't quite fix SVG. Changing anything about SVG changes all .AI files as well, so that means there is still no distinction. It's as if the two formats are somehow one.
I don't know if I changed anything for the worse but there isn't normally a "Adobe.Illustrator.SVG" key in the registry so if I make the .svg files not open in Illustrator, it shows up as expected. It's just that anytime it's associated with Illustrator, it defaults to the regular .ai icon instead of using its custom icon like it's supposed to for other files.
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