Re: File Association Lost for Screen Savers

From: "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:50:24 +0530

SCR File Association Fix (Restore default associations for SCR files)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"Mark M Morse" <mmm4444bot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OITFtlyAIHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WindowsXP Home SP2

The file extension .SCR somehow became associated with Notepad on
one of my laptops. I cannot correct this in Windows Explorer
because I do not know which application to choose for opening .SCR
files.

How do I fix this?

Cheers,

~ Mark

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References:
- File Association Lost for Screen Savers
  - From: Mark M Morse

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