Re: Registry file association error
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 10:02:41 -0600
Hi Chris,
Here's the OP...
<quote>
Upon creation of a new user account, their are a number of file association
errors.
For this post I will only focus on the jpeg file type.
Basically, I have the same problem as this guy:
"when i try to open a jpeg on my account in xp home edition, there is no
programme available, i select one from the drop down list and tick the box
to
select this option everytime but it still happens each time i try again,
there are three other accounts on this computer and none of them are
affected
with the same problem, i have tried reinstalling from the disc..no change,
tried virus checking, none found, run spyware programmes, no problems...am
now at a total loss?? any suggestions"
The suggested downloadable 'fixers' encounter errors and therefore are not
of any use. However, upon attempting to apply this solution I encounter the
following:
"Most likely caused by incorrect registry permissions.
Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg
Right-click and choose Permissions
Add "Administrators" to the list, and give them "Full Control"
Repeat the same for the following branches:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg
and
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile"
I noticed that when I try to navigate to the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg"
registry key - it is missing. Although the "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile" is
there but clicking on it gives me the following error:
"Error opening key - Cannot open jpegfile: Error while opening key"
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou.
P.S. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=jpg+file+association+problem&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
- for the full post of the extracted portions described above.
<quote>
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:90tp52hlo26rpqj6cur56j5gcpksb5alj1@xxxxxxx,
cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) <cquirkenews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and
pecked:
On Fri, 5 May 2006 09:17:42 -0600, "Wesley Vogel"
My crystal ball is broken, so I have no way of knowing what "The
suggested downloadable 'fixers'" might be.
Hi! I've just arrived, what's the problem with JPG? Maybe I can help
if I hear the original tale (the head of this thread is long gone off
my news server, and I've been away a while). At the risk of covering
the basics all over again...
There are three UI levels to managing file associations:
1) Crude and brutal
Shift-rt-click, Open With
Choose the app you want
[X] Always Open With ...
Alternatively:
File Manager (WinFile.exe)
Use the file association UI from there to force an action
Nukes the file association back to Win3.yuk-era "ook, see file; ug,
open with rock". Non-default actions, DDE detail etc. typically lost.
2) More refined, but limited
Windows Explorer; Tools, Folder Options, File Types
Edit, or in the case of XP, Advanced and then Edit
This lets you add non-default actions, set an action as default,
change the icon for the file type, edit DDE detail etc. without
barfing up any existing actions that are already there. But your
access may be blocked by EditFlags settings (e.g. can't edit the
action called "open") and you can't do hairy CLSID stuff, and may not
be able to link/unlink .ext from an aggregate file type.
3) Full power, with difficulty
Regedit. Note that in XP, HKCR is an overlay of the relevant material
in both HKLM and HKU, so you may need to edit these directly if they
are at variance - suspect this if different user accounts work
differently, or the 'administrator' account used by Safe Mode works
differently to the account you normally use.
Simple file associations work like snakes-n-ladders; one or more .ext
(e.g. .jpg and .jpeg) are linked to an aggregate file type (e.g.
SomePiggyGraphicsAppFile), and when you find the aggregate, you find
the actions listed under that. By default, .jpg and .jpeg link to
jpegfile (or if I remember wrong, jpgfile).
Not all file associations are simple! Things get hairy when there's
inheritence (e.g. File Folder inheriting Folder actions) and whenever
CLSIDs are involved. Also, some environments may behave differently,
e.g. when files of that type are encountered within IE or a
Mozilla-based web browser.
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