Re: Cannot see TIFs in XP was: Windows XP Home system file association problem...


"David Morgan (MAMS)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message...
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>> 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.
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> 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??


In File Manager, Tools, Folder options. File types, delete that filetype if
you want no association.

>
> 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


You have the choice to use other systems, but it is the most common so
changing from Windows may force other changes onto you. But you do have
choice.


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>> "David Morgan (MAMS)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9k8se.15033$2K4.12227@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > <Warning...new at XP>
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>> > 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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