Re: control panel help
From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/22/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:00:40 GMT
First do you have MS Word installed on your computer?
If not...........
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Help and Support is a wonderful thing.
Start | Help and Support | Type: file association |
Clidk the green arrow | Click: Change the program that opens a file |
Read
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>From XP HELP:
Right-click the file you want to open in a different program, and then click
Properties.
On the General tab, click Change.
Click the name of the program in which you want the file to open.
Notes
This change affects all files that have the same file name extension as the
file you selected. For example, if you change the program that opens a .jpg
file, all .jpg files will open in this program.
You can also change the program that opens a file by right-clicking the
file, clicking Open With, and then clicking the program name. If the program
you want is not displayed, click Browse.
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To associate a file name extension with a file type
Open Folder Options in Control Panel.
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Folder Options
On the File Types tab, click New.
Type a new or existing file name extension, and then click Advanced.
In Associated File Type,
Type or select New to create a file type to associate with the file name
extension.
-or-
Type or select a different file type to associate with the extension.
Notes
When you type a file extension in the Create New Extension dialog box, the
Associated File Type list displays the file type that is associated with
that extension. To select New, scroll to the top of the list.
To change the program that opens a file, on the File Types tab, under
Registered file types, click the file type, and then click Change.
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To associate a file with a program
Open My Computer.
Double-click a drive or folder.
Right-click a file, and then click Open With. If Open With is not available,
click Open.
Follow the instructions under the option that matches the dialog box you
see:
Open With--Recommended Programs list
Under Programs, click the program in which you want the file to open, or
click Browse to locate the program you want.
-or-
Click the look for the appropriate program on the Web link to search the Web
for a program to open your file.
Open With--No Recommended Programs list
Under Programs, click the program in which you want the file to open, or
click Browse to locate the program you want. You can also type a comment
that provides information about the file type. This information will appear
in the folder window under Details when you view the file in a folder.
-or-
Click the look for the appropriate program on the Web link to search the Web
for a program to open your file.
Cannot open this file
Windows cannot find a program to open the file. In the Cannot open this file
dialog box, do one of the following:
Click Use the Web service to find the appropriate program. This enables you
to search the Web for the program that will open the file.
-or-
Click Select the program from a list to choose a program to open the file in
the Open With dialog box.
Notes
For some file types, you will right-click a file, point to Open With, and
then click Choose Program.
To ensure that Windows always uses the same program to open the file, or any
other file with the same file name extension, in the Open With dialog box,
select the Always use this program to open these files check box.
-- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In news:10f4b01c40f9d$babbabc0$a301280a@phx.gbl, anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked: > i need to open an email that is an attachment with WORD > and the computer says that the program doesn't have an > association to open this file. and to go to control panel > to create an association. how do i do this?? computer > illiterate
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