re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 7:17 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by 2damntall (1 messages posted) The ability to change file associations is not always enabled by default. To enable/disable your ability to change file associations you need to edit a key in the registry: 1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe). 2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer registry subkey to configure the computer for all users or navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies registry subkey to configure the computer for the current user. If either subkey doesn't exist, open the Edit menu and select New, Key to create it. 3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value. 4. Enter the name NoFileAssociate. 5. Set the value to 1 to disable the user's ability to change file associations (this setting doesn't affect Power Users and Administrators); a value of 0 or a missing value enables the user's ability to change file associations. 6. Click OK. 7. Close the registry editor. 8. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Written in response to: re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (toadpole: Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 12:33 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Nick Guy: Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 3:30 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (bas: Monday, December 19, 2005 at 2:22 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Jennifer Ayres: Thu, Sep 20, 2001, 4:52 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Wendy: Fri, Sep 21, 2001, 1:46 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (digsby: Sun, Sep 23, 2001, 12:58 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Jennifer Ayres: Sun, Sep 23, 2001, 2:15 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Joven: Sat, Sep 29, 2001, 11:59 am) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Ben: Wed, Oct 1, 2003, 2:06 am) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (toadpole: Thu, Jan 6, 2005, 12:33 am) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (2damntall: Tue, Aug 9, 2005, 7:17 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (Nick Guy: Sun, Oct 9, 2005, 3:30 pm) re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' (bas: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 2:22 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum