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re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types'
Saturday, September 1, 2001 at 11:52 pm
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Posted by Heidi (6 messages posted)





On Saturday, September 1, 2001 at 12:40 pm, Bobstur wrote:
>The following will restore your CAB file association to its original state:
>**********
>REGEDIT4
>
>[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
>@="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}]
>@="Cabinet"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}\InProcServer32]
>@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\ShellExt\\cabview.dll"
>"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}\DefaultIcon]
>@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\ShellExt\\cabview.dll"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}\shell]
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}\shell\open]
>@="View"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}\shell\open\command]
>@="explorer /root,{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262},%1"
>
>
>**********
>Note: Include two carriage returns at the end.

>Paste the above into Notepad and save it as Cab.reg. Then import it to the registry.
>If this is "GreeK' to you email me and I'll send you the file with instructions.
>

Bob Sturtevant 
>
>http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/

>

>Please reply in the forum and let us know.
>

>
>

>On Saturday, September 1, 2001 at 8:36 am, Heidi wrote:
>...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.
>


> Many Thanks Bob! Your registry entry worked like a charm! :) It definitely wasn't as simple as associating .cab in Winfile with an executable.


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re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Bobstur: Saturday, September 1, 2001 at 12:40 pm)

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-Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Heidi: Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 8:36 am)
-re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (C T Waley: Mon, Sep 10, 2001, 9:14 am)
*re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (C T Waley: Mon, Sep 10, 2001, 9:38 am)
-re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Bobstur: Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 12:40 pm)
*re: Question about 'Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types' (Heidi: Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 11:52 pm)
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