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I deleted the WP8 document file type. Now what?
Also, the other method is to use the Tools or View menu option Folder Options and then select file types. From there you select the CAB File if it's named that and if it's registered - then you select Edit and perhaps Edit again to change the (Action) which should be open or view and then you select the

change file associations through Registry W2K
SGS s...@ushwy1.invalid.useless.com alt os windows-xp Either reinstall ACDSEE or Edit the File association: My Computer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> JPEG -> Change -> Select from list or Browse you the desired EXE. J wrote: Hi I just installed XP Pro SP1 for the first time. I want jpegs etc to open in

Batch file association difficulties in WinXP
I checked in Options/File Types, even browsed to my Firefox.exe, it was right before, surely right now. I checked in a few file association utils I have, they confirm the extension points to Click Start> Settings> Folder Options, (or Start> Settings> Control Panel> here, in W2K, Tools/Folder Options/File Types.

qif file association in XP
David Guess ma...@mindspring.com microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie5 outlookexpress In the zip file association, there is a check box for "Confirm open after download". That will cause the message to appear about Open or Save. From Windows Explorer Tools | Folder Options (or View | Folder Options) Select File

HOW TO: Remove File Associations
Hi Terry, Open up Explorer, then click on Tools, then folder options. Click on the file types tab at the top, then scroll down to AVI. files. As I said in my opening post "I couldn't find any settings in VLC itself to change file types." Where do you see these VLC default associations please?

qif file association in XP
With Windows 98SE I could set file associations under Windows Explorer/View/File Options and specify an action in bold like "open" or "play" .... etc. Now with Windows ME, the File Options is located under Tools and appears limited in what you can specify .... I can only change, restore or setup new file

Variation on inability to open email attachments
I am running XP Pro and have Powerpoint 97, 2000, 2002 & 2003 all installed (due to need for backward compatibility) My file association for .ppt is PowerPoint 2000 and I am unable to change it through "Tools", "Folder Options"' "File Types". nor can I change it through "Open with..." on a right click.

I did something stupid
I have associated these files with PSP in Tools>Folder Options>File Types. The PSP icon shows before each file. Dbl x'ing to open them gets me a dialogue box: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." Been there.

File Association
Michael Santovec michael_santo...@prodigy.net microsoft public win98 internet outlookexpress I'm guessing that you are getting an EML file and the file association is not set up. You can get to File Associations via: - My Computer - View (Win95/98/NT4/Me) or Tools (Win2000 or WinXP) menu - Folder Options (or

Creative Player - File association
Rôgêr <ab...@your.isp.com> wrote: Terry Pinnell wrote: John <m...@zen.co.uk> wrote: Terry Pinnell wrote: Somehow VLC player took over the file association AVI. Hi Terry, Open up Explorer, then click on Tools, then folder options. Click on the file types tab at the top, then scroll down to AVI. files.

File Association
I had some problem with a lesser know audio format, that led me to use: [Tools - Folder Options - File Types] in Explorer. I've tried to fix this by reinstalling Winamp many times with or without Winamp Agent and file associations. And i've tried different options in Winamp to manage file associations.

Applications open WordPad
For example My default is the Irfan red blob icon, telling me IrfanView will open the file. However if I goto PaintShopPro and the File Associations menu and select 'All' the (restart Also , In Win2000, Windows Explorer / Tools / Folder Options / File Types and check the settings for the file extension there.

Changing icon for AVI?
I was messing with the file associations in the folder options, and I screwed up the association to my drvies in my computer. But to get to where I was when this happend is this: My Computer > Tools > Folder Options... > File Types Drive > Advanced This is in Windows XP. Thanks in advance!

file associations
You can tell by looking them up in File Types dialog (in Folder Options) and if the Advanced button says Restore rather than Advanced you have and this supercedes I tried going into the file associations section under tools directly and setting it to the old wmp, selecting "always use this to open this type of

Excel file association issues (after selecting Ignore Other ...
Sharon F sharonf...@ETEmvps.org microsoft public windowsxp basics @nwars wrote: Hi, I cannot change file type associations to required applications I have tried Start Control Panel Folder Options File Types Select type of file association "CHANGE" and ADVANCED do not get highlighted or me to change the application

File association problem
Our software has a special uploading file type that one of my customers has accidentally associated with Excel spreadsheets. Normally, I would just tell them to go to the Tools, Folder Options and disassociate the file. However, Windows 2000 help pages say that sometimes the file isn't there. Wonderful.

Changing icon for AVI?
Search for it and right click/properties on the file. You should be able to gather some more information within the properties sheets. Bill B "Sid Daley" <SidDaley@Bigfeet. The error message is.. Explorer has caused an error in MINSHELL.DLL. Explorer will now close. I have no access to file associations.. Thanks.

Associating files with Windows Installer
... that if you edit the file association in Windows Explorer, using View | Folder Options | File Types, Windows adds an extra %1 to the registry for the WPWin short cut. So it is NOT recommended that you edit the association through the Windows Explorer route. Instead, in WPWin8/9 do Tools | Settings | Files.

File association
(its not there by default in many circumstances). http://support.microsoft. com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306493 How to Create a File Association in Windows 98 and Windows Me I have tried highlighting a .doc file and looking under Explorer's menus for "Tools", "Folder Options", "File Types".

Tools\Folder Options\File Types -Crashes Explorer-
It really sounds to me like some other application may have co-opted the file association for your .zip files (although that would launch the other Go to the Tools menu and execute Folder Options. In the Folder Options dialog, go to the File Types tab. In the File Types tab, scroll all the way down to ZIP