re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types'
Monday, September 10, 2001 at 9:38 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C T Waley
(2 messages posted)
OOPS!!! I didn't read about how to preserve my spacing so heres the formatted version
of the info I provided:
On Monday, September 10, 2001 at 9:14 am, C T Waley wrote:
>Hi Heidi! I'm brand new to this site and I'm glad you were able to repair the association.
> Just to let you know, there is another way to fix this problem, and is for those
>who are very shy or downright afraid of making changes directly to the registry.
>
>Instead, open up Windows Explorer and on the menu bar click [View > Folder Options...
> File Types]. Scroll down until you get to Cabinet. Double-click Cabinet to open
>up an Edit box. Near the bottom where you see the Actions: box, double-click View
>to open another Edit box, copy and paste the information I provided below. This
>will make the necessary changes in the registry for you. The info I provided will
>make sense once you begin editing the File Type associations.
>
>****************************************
>CABINET (*.cab)
>------------------
>ICON: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL
>
>****************************************
>Description of type: Cabinet
>
>Content Type [MIME]:
>
>****************************************
>ACTIONS: (NOTE---The following action for View is one line)
>
> View:
>explorer /root,{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262},%1
>****************************************
>
>Sincerely,
>>>>>>>Cole
>
>
>On Saturday, September 1, 2001 at 8:36 am, Heidi wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>Programs From Changing Your File Types:
>
>
>ZipMagic has changed my .cab extension, but in order to reconfigure it in Winfile,
>I need to know how Win98 originally configured it. Please help.
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