Re: changing program to open files

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Thanks but it did not help.

In my admin account I gave both explorer.exe and the
Windows Explorer Command file full permissions for
my limited access account. Explorer still sets the
"Change..." button to grayed out when I try to change
default program. The "New", "Delete" and "Advanced"
buttons are also grayed out. I did reboot but it didn't
help.

Is there some register setting I could change? And I
do not understand why anybody should object to
my changing any associations.

Neither AdAware, Spybot, Rootkit Revealer nor
Kaspersky AV can find anyting amiss.

Anders


"Terry R." <F1Com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The date and time was 6/10/2008 7:54 AM, and on a whim, Anders F pounded
out on the keyboard:

I want to change default program for opening files.
When I work as administrator it's no problem but
when I work as a limited permissions user the
"Change..." button is grayed out. I want the same
program for both accounts so it would be all right
if the administrator program was used by all users
but it is not.

I have a XP Pro SP3 system.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.





Hi Anders,

A program is dependent on the rights allowed. Limit the rights, you limit
the features. If you want to allow a program to all users, under the
shortcut's Properties, Security tab, you need to give sufficient rights to
the users in order to run the program to the fullest. And changing those
rights has to be done at the Administrator level.

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Terry R.

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