Cannot see TIFs in XP was: Windows XP Home system file association problem...
- From: "David Morgan \(MAMS\)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:36:43 GMT
"Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message...
>
> Look in the same place as in earlier Windows for file associations. Change
> them in the same way- if anything it is a little easier now.
Thanks Alan,
The problem is, this file should not be associated with *any* program. My
suspicion was, after checking everything I could to show all files, was that
it's association with NERO as a *sound file* was preventing it from performing
it's designated operation and possibly was the cause of our inability to view
the files within the TIF folders. As an example, double-clicking on the NERO
icon (titled: index.dat) should have Nero attempting to open the file, but of
course it does not... and probably cannot.
> But are you sure you want to continue messing around with someone elses
> computer? To change a file association you don't need to mess around like
> you have, it should take less than a minute.
What is the quickest manner to DIS-associate this file from ANY program??
OT:
I've supported this man's PC(s) for almost ten years. The few XP systems
that I've been exposed to were not impressive to me for single users. As a
matter of fact, there are things I literally detest about this overly bloated OS
with too many running background processes, it's inability to assign or reserve
IRQs, etc., etc., but this isn't the time or place.
DM
> "David Morgan (MAMS)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9k8se.15033$2K4.12227@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > <Warning...new at XP>
> >
> > I was asked to provide help a to friend try to make his new PC look
> > like the 98 system that he just upgraded from. In this case, he has
> > purchased the system from Fry's Electronics, one of their personally
> > branded systems which came loaded with many superfluous BS
> > programs that he'll never use, but also it came with only a "Restore"
> > disc containing all of that BS.... no individual software or Windows
> > OS discs.
> >
> > As I was able to slowly get his system looking like something that he
> > was familiar with, he came up with something else he wanted me to
> > help him learn to do....
> >
> > He wanted to save a few items (MP3's, .jpgs, and .swf files) that had
> > been obtained through surfing links in e-mails that had been sent by
> > friends. He had not cleared his internet cache, so my first thought
> > was simply to go looking in the temporary internet files folders and
> > save them from there. (He's on a dial-up or I would have gone back
> > to the urls).
> >
> > When I finally managed to find these (and the history folder, now
> > buried in the master "temp" folder which used to be a separate beast),
> > there were no files visible. I made several attempts to make them
> > visible by changing file preferences before it dawned on me that
> > *somehow* the master "Index.dat" files in each of these folders
> > had somehow been associated with blasted NERO !!!! My best
> > explanation is that these master index files are now looking to show
> > only files within those folders that are NERO files... therefore no
> > ordinarily visible internet files *at all* were to be seen within those
> > folders. No scripts, no urls, no .jpgs, nothing at all. The items *would*
> > play or display in the e-mails out of cache, as we worked off line, so
> > they should have been visible, right?
> >
> > Given that he has only a Fry's RESTORE disc, is there any way that
> > I can re-associate the master "Index.dat" files in both the Temporary
> > Internet and History folders to Windows ??
> >
> > My best guess at this point, is that the only way to do this would be
> > to uninstall NERO, check them again, and then possibly delete them
> > and reboot to see if they are recreated by the registry, or completely
> > replace with a reload from his restore disc after deleting them. He
> > has no need for any of the Nero audio software.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > DM
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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