I have a comment about Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types:

Another option for people tired of extension changing applications, or with "multi-purpose" editors that can handle a wide range of filetypes is the right-click "Send To" menu. I've placed shortcuts to UltraEdit, Photoshop, Word, IE, and a few other utilities in c:\windows\Send To so I can open any document in my prefered editor with a few mouse clicks and much less scrolling than Shift-Right-Click=>Open With... Hope this helps someone.

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Good tip, i'm sure it helps. // Vipers


On Monday, December 10, 2001 at 1:27 pm, Gunther Jerril wrote:
>I have a comment about Prevent
>Programs From Changing Your File Types:

>
>Another option for people tired of extension changing applications, or with "multi-purpose"
>editors that can handle a wide range of filetypes is the right-click "Send To" menu.
>I've placed shortcuts to UltraEdit, Photoshop, Word, IE, and a few other utilities
>in c:\windows\Send To so I can open any document in my prefered editor with a few
>mouse clicks and much less scrolling than Shift-Right-Click=>Open With...
>
>Hope this helps someone.

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Similar tip. It takes a bit longer to set up but involves less mouse travelling afterwards 
and looks a little neater! After going through this process you will have a list 
of relevant applications at the TOP of your right-click context menu for any file 
type you edit.

For Win2K and in any Win Explorer window, click Tools > Folder Options, then select 
the File Types tab.

Next choose the file type you want to edit (eg .gif, .mpeg, .mp3, etc) and then click 
on the Advanced button to open the Edit File Type window.

Beside the field labelled Actions you will see a button called New. Click to open 
the New Action window (almost there ... )

In the Action field type the name of the application, then click Browse, to find 
and select the .exe of the desired application. Click Ok.

You can keep add more apps to the Actions field by clicking New and in this way build 
up a list for any file type (eg for .gif I use Fireworks, Photoshop, Paint Shop, 
Photo Editor). If you've finished here, then click all the Oks back to where you 
started.

All done. Like I said a little more long-winded than the "Send To..." tip but I prefer 
the results.

HTH,
Richard

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