Re: pop up "Open with"



Carlitos wrote:
Hi! everybody!

I really need help dudes!
everytime I try to open a program, or file in my PC, I got a pop up "OPEN WITH" which says: - choose the program you want to use to open this file -
and many times the program i need to open, is not in the list given, so I got to use the "Brouser" bottom, But some times I don't know where to look for. It is really hard, and I got not money to bring the PC to a technician.

Try the .exe association fix from MVP Doug Knox here:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm - Doug Knox .exe and .lnk association fixes

Also see:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm - Restore default file associations easily

If that doesn't work:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware


Malke
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