[begin rant]
Aye, a lot of applications modify your associations without your permission or knowledge. 
Then you end up with unfamiliar icons and/or different apps opening when you double-click 
a file. This is even more annoying to me than apps that feel the need to do all (or 
several) of the following:

1. Folder in Start Menu.
2. Main app's shortcut in Start Menu (under programs).
3. Main app's shortcut in main Start Menu.
4. Shortcut on Desktop.
5. Shortcut in QuickLaunch folder.
6. "Quick access" icon in System Tray.

Do they really think I will have that much trouble finding it if I can figure out 
how to turn on the computer in the first place? "Viral Applications" is what I call 
programs that try to take over...
[end rant]

Anyway, that fix should work on any 32bit versions of Windows (Win9x, NT4+, ME, 2K, 
XP), though you may need to be logged in as an administrator on the relevant systems 
for the fix to take properly. I actually made it using 98 as a reference.

If anyone can't figure out how to do the fix, they need only post here and I will 
post the contents of a .reg (Registry Entry) file that will make the adjustments 
for them.


I'm glad I could help!






On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 2:41 am, Richard wrote:
>A quick note of thanks, KDivad...  ACDSee invades your files types if you're not 
>careful during setup, and takes over .ico as well as >30 more types. I removed the 
>file type instead of changing the default program, but found your repair fix here 
>at Annoyances. My O/S is Win98 but the reg config you gave worked fine.
>
>Richard
>
>

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