Re: IE should not open this file type

From: Hans Le Roy (hlrNO_at_SPAMmvps.org)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:50:53 +0100

Hi bosse,

No need for another file type for the same extension. I think changing the
default app for that filetype would do. You can ctrl+click on such a file,
Open with, select the application you want and check [x] Always use...

Kind regards

Hans Le Roy
MS MVP Win/IE-OE

"bosse" <pakten@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:abdf509a.0411041036.34144b5f@posting.google.com...
> When i click a .pgn file in IE6 it opens it (as text). I want another
> program to open the file. .pgn was not in Windows Explorer | Tools |
> Folder Options | File Types, so I made a new file type and associated
> it with the other program.
> It works allright on the computer, but if I click a .pgn-file in IE,
> then it is still opened (as text) in the browser window

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