re: Question about 'Change a file association on the fly' Monday, December 19, 2005 at 2:22 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bas (1 messages posted) Super, you just save my life, it works ;o)) On Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 7:17 pm, 2damntall wrote: >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' (2damntall: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 7:17 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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