Re: open with --> allway open with notepad

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From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:40:45 +0530

Hi Oldguy,

See if this helps:

Clicking the "Open With" or "Choose Program..." option always opens the file with Notepad?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openas.htm 

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"Oldguy" <Oldguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D8216D8A-3D63-4347-B0D1-52121174EE74@microsoft.com...
thanks Mark, but it's happen not only with ".txt" extensions. I have 
installed f.e. the irfanview program and configured the ".jpg" extension to 
this program. If now I want open a ".jpg"-file with another program I do a 
rightclick, choose "open with" then (because my wish progam is not displayed 
on the shortlist) "choose program" and.... there is no choice for me, it will 
automatically open the ".jpg" file (or any other) with the notepad-program. 
May I fix this?
Thanks a lot for help
oldguy
"Mark Delaney" wrote:
> "Oldguy" <Oldguy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:E3FB0D5D-D5BD-4973-AEE8-320758B150B0@microsoft.com...
> > if I do a right click and then choose "open with" and then "choose 
> > program"
> > the computer runs always the notepad application. There is no choice...
> > any help? thanks a lot and merry christmas!
> 
> Choose program..., the last menu item in this short menu, will give you a 
> selection of applications to choose from. All the word processors (NotePad, 
> WordPad, Microsoft Word, etc) will be able to open, read, modify and save a 
> ".txt" file, other programs will not. *Do not* checkmark "always use the 
> selected program to open this kind of file" until you have done it 
> successfully (without the checkmark) once and determined that this what you 
> want to do.
> 
> Please use caution: If you are unsure what I mean by the ".txt" extension 
> and you can't see them in the filenames, your folder options are not 
> configured to display them. It would be easy to remade. Please do not try to 
> make the system files to open with any particular program; it's best to 
> leave these files alone rather than to take a chance to turn them into text 
> files by mistake and get your Windows installation in trouble.
> 
> Mark Delaney, MCT
> 
> 
>

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