i have inadvertantly opened a file type <*.table> with Wordpad and did not uncheck the "always use this program to open files of this type" box. Now all my files o fhtis type have the Wordpad icon associated with it. I want to UNDO this. I want to change it back to "Unknown',,,,,,,,,,,,,how????

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The Tools menu in any Windows Explorer window has a Folder Options submenu. Click the File Types tab and scroll down to the type you want to change. Edit the definition or delete it and next time Windows tries to open a file of that kind it will ask Open with?


On Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:11 pm, ken nason wrote:
>i have inadvertantly opened a file type <*.table> with Wordpad and did not uncheck
>the "always use this program to open files of this type" box. Now all my files o
>fhtis type have the Wordpad icon associated with it. I want to UNDO this. I want
>to change it back to "Unknown',,,,,,,,,,,,,how????

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Is there any way to have the "always use this program to open these files" tick automatically unticked when the "open with" window is opened? I have several times ly associated the wrong file types with the wrong programs because i forgot to untick the tick.


On Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 12:49 am, Anthony Bejarano wrote:
>The Tools menu in any Windows Explorer window has a Folder Options submenu. Click
>the File Types tab and scroll down to the type you want to change. Edit the definition
>or delete it and next time Windows tries to open a file of that kind it will ask
>Open with?
>
>

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Permanently untick "always use this program.." has been dealt with under //members.aol.com/axcel216/newtip16.htm A change has to be made in the Registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command Change the end of the command (now "...%1") in "...%1 %2", so just add %2 after a space. It works!


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 7:13 pm, Paul Nickerson wrote:
>Is there any way to have the "always use this program to open these files" tick automatically
>unticked when the "open with" window is opened? I have several times ly associated
>the wrong file types with the wrong programs because i forgot to untick the tick.
>
>

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Following my reply just forwarded, I realise that this is the windows 2000 platform. I use windows 98. The solution mentioned was originally for windows 98. I do not know if this problem is present in windows 2000, neither do I know if this solution will work in that case.


On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 7:13 pm, Paul Nickerson wrote:
>Is there any way to have the "always use this program to open these files" tick automatically
>unticked when the "open with" window is opened? I have several times ly associated
>the wrong file types with the wrong programs because i forgot to untick the tick.
>
>

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I have two machines, one with Windows 98, and the other with 2000. I tried the trick on both. It worked fine on 98. But when I did it on 2000, the location of the Registry data was the same, but the command was “%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1”. I made the change and when I opened the “open with…” window, the “always use” box and words were grayed out; they were not tickable. So if you plan to never tick that box, the trick works for Windows 2000.


On Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 10:06 am, Dick Baksteen wrote:
>Following my reply just forwarded, I realise that this is the windows 2000 platform.
>I use windows 98. The solution mentioned was originally for windows 98. I do not
>know if this problem is present in windows 2000, neither do I know if this solution
>will work in that case.
>
>

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Will some one please tell me the process of installing rundll32.exe file from windows 2000 server installation disk

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In this same vein, how can I now change each icon so that it will open the desired application when I double-click it. This question is specifically for shortcuts on my desktop with a .lnk extension. Each one's target app is different of course. Currently, each .lnk icon displays the generic Microsoft icon, but the properties of each show the correct target app.

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Ok, I have a similar problem, I stupidly used my Photoshop shortcut as an open with option, and now everytime I use the open with option I see the annoying (unworking open with option) ne1 know how i can get rid of this for the XP version, also if i can remove them from the recommended programs part, in the open with window


On Monday, July 25, 2005 at 8:46 am, Kelly wrote:
>In this same vein, how can I now change each icon so that it will open the desired
>application when I double-click it. This question is specifically for shortcuts
>on my desktop with a .lnk extension. Each one's target app is different of course.
> Currently, each .lnk icon displays the generic Microsoft icon, but the properties
>of each show the correct target app.

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