Re: Deleted File Type By Mistake

From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:36:11 -0600

Restore Default File Associations Easily: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm 

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
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"Henry St. Charles" <henrystcharles@verizon.net> wrote in message news:OEs8FCh$EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I recently deleted a file type from my computer by mistake.  I did this by going to the start menu>control panel>folder 
> options>clicked on the tab File Types>and selected out of the list of Registered file types the Extension TMP>then I pressed the 
> Delete button by mistake.  I meant to press the Advanced button.  The reason I was in that menu in the first place is because I 
> had downloaded an adobe file from the internet and my  computer kept assigning it a .tmp extension upon completing the download. 
> So I was trying to find out exactly what was going on.  It was not until I deleted the file type by accident that I right clicked 
> on the file I downloaded>and clicked into the properties and saw that windows said that this file might be blocked because it was 
> download off of another computer.  There was a button with the Unblock option highlighted.  I have two questions.  How do I 
> replace that file type that I deleted by mistake?  I know that when I clicked onto it in the File Types menu it said something in 
> the Details about TMP and TRF files are blocked files... again I am not sure what it said exactly, but I would like to replace it 
> with the original properties. I would also like to know how to handle files that are download blocked by windows.  I have pressed 
> that Unblock option in the properties menu of the file I downloaded and nothing has happened.  It might be because I deleted the 
> file type.  I am not sure.
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> Sincerely,
> St. Charles, Henry
>