One that comes to mind is file types. With Vista, for some unknown reason, you can only associate file types, but you can not unassociate delete a file type completely. The only option allowed is to associate the file to another program or application.
Until now…. First, let's look at two ways to find where File Type Associations lives in Vista. Then click on Associate a file type or protocol with a program. Once you have accessed the window for file type association, you can easily associate add or change modify an existing file type, by highlighting a file type, then clicking on the Change Program… button. To remove delete a file type association, you can use a great utility found on winhelponline. Just download, unzipp and click on Unassoc.
No install is required. To use, just find the file type you want to delete and click on the Remove file association button. The file type association will be deleted from the registry. Vista will then treat it as an unknown file type. Now, the only functionality missing with File types in Vista, compared to XP, is the capability to change icons and create a new file type.
If you come across how to do this, let us know! The problem: I want to open an MS Word file that is an attachment to an incoming message. If I first save it to the disk MS Word opens it double click.
But I cannot open it while it is still attached, its type. DOC is not recognized from within Windows Mail. What's wrong? With a other external program, this can be done easily. PS : Unassoc. Annoying you have to use 3rdparty program to remove file associations. Was the Microsoft programmers in such hurry that they forgot to add an "remove" button?
Or is there an new "Ultimate Pro" edition that has "now inkluded" file association removal funksjon!!? Hi, I have tried both methods several times, the small box at the lower left that says "check here to all ways use this program open to open the selected file type" is always grey and in-accessable, ….
Yes, the program appears in the window, and I can select it and it will open the file, but, only this once, next time same procedure. PPS", the program I want to associate with this is simpress. I kept getting prompted to select default program when I modified my key and forget the quotes myself.
No joy. Just tried that and rebooted. Edit still brings up Windows Photo Gallery. That both my jpegfile and pngfile entries point to PaintDotNet. For those of you who are successful, I think it is a coincidence that these entries happen to contain the "right" values. I don't know why it is so difficult for Microsoft to provide documentation for this.
Instead it prefers to let everyone waste hours and hours of precious time. I always tell off Microsoft haters that bundling IE etc are not evil things.
Refusal to provide documentation is. Documentation that is not searchable is the same as not providing documentation. In this case, quietly removing a feature that was in previous versions and then refusing to help is very evil. OK, finally found some time to reply to this. First off, have you simply tried reinstalling PaintDotNet???
If so, and that didn't fix it, then read on. Kong says "Who can decipher what the following sentence from Microsoft Vista Set Default Programs: "To set a program as the default for all file types and protocols it can open, click the program and then click Set as default. There's no buttons or options to select other programs on the PC. If the program supports protocols http:, https:, ftp:, etc.
In a nutshell, user associations override machine level associations, but there are more levels below those. If not, then you need to dig deeper into the order of precedence spelled out in the "PerceivedTypes, SystemFileAssociations, and Application Registration" link above.
If nothing shows up at that point, then it's likely you have a ContextMenuHandler Shell extension installed somewhere that is tied to Windows Photo Gallery and the Edit verb which is overriding your changes. You'll have to disable the ContextMenuHandler if you find one that seems to be related.
To disable a handler, I suggest you change the name of the specific key under the ContextMenuHandlers key that holds the information ofr the handler in question.
You may need to reboot to see changes, but not usually. Good luck. I have also been struggling with this for some time in Windows Vista also.
We finally found a solution. The problem with the file association method in Vista is that the context menu is a package deal. The trick we found was to do the following: 1 Set the file type to the program you want to open for editing in this case Fireworks - preferably a non-Windows integrated app, this way if you mess it up you can simply re-install the application without have the nightmare of trying to fix "Windows"!
Jpeg and HiJack the context menu's you want to change. If there is an "Preview" or "Print" already then change these to the app you want to use. Here is the Fireworks reg entry we hijacked We added the "Preview" context item from the Photo Gallery registry section, here Finally, we cleaned up the duplicates in the "Image" generic file association I have solved my problem, by wiping out the hard disk and reinstalling Windows all over again, and then spending a few days restoring GB of data and all the applications and their little configurations all over the place.
Luckily for me I had a week of lull that allowed me to run on one piston during this period. Go to my pictures, click on OPEN WITH instead of edit and select open with paint and you will be able to open your picture in Microsoft paint and can perform open, edit, print, preview operations there. Once again Microsoft comes up short.
Oddly enough, searching the "association" in the Vista search tool off of the Start Menu returns no results -- at least for me. Figure B. On this screen of the tool, as shown in Figure C , you can select a program and either give it complete control as the default program for all file extensions it can handle or choose the file extensions you want individually.
How the list of programs was formed for this tool is not explained, but a few programs are missing from the list. The one program that comes to mind almost immediately is Adobe Acrobat Reader. From here, you can check additional file extensions you would like Windows Vista to associate with the program. On this screen of the tool, shown in Figure E , you get a very long list of file extensions, including a description and the name of their associated program if it is known.
To modify the program associated with a particular extension, you select the extension and click the Change Program button. Set Associations The second selection on the Default Programs screen is "Associate a file type or protocol with a program.
Change an extension association In the example shown, I have chosen the. Browse programs If another viable program is not listed on the screen, you can browse your system for programs. Comment and share: How do I Change file extension associations in Windows Vista.
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