Re: won't open program

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 03/31/04


Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:26:56 -0800

Drizzt wrote:

> I wan't to open a program but widows says that it needs to know what
> wrote the program. It gives me two options, either to use the web (I
> have cable modem) or to choose a program to run it off of. When i
> chose to use the web it got on the internet but it didn't find the
> site it was looking for. i rebooted my computer but it still didn't
> work. This has happened to me before and when i tried to run it off a
> another program onece i chose a program to use i couldn't switch.
>
> If know answer please try to e-mail me at
(email removed to stop spambots)

Sorry, no free email support. Also, don't post your real, unmunged email
address in newsgroups or on message boards. It will be harvested by
spambots and you'll get tons of spam and virus-laden mail.

Problem: you have a file (*not* a program) that is currently not
associated with a program. Windows wants to know what program to use to
open it. In order to give you an answer, we will need to know the name
of the file, including the extension - the three letters after the dot.
For example: file.doc. The ".doc" tells Windows this is a MS Word
document and it opens in MS Word. So, repost with the necessary
information.

Malke

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