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Can't pick default apps
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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Posted by Ander (71 messages posted)

I'm using Vista Home Premium 64-bit. I have Administrator rights—but for some reason, Vista has stopped letting me choose default apps for file types.

I right-click a file that can be opened (.txt, for example). The "Open With" window appears, showing the currently-associated app and (usually) a couple of other choices. I click Browse and select another app—but then, when I click OK and return to the "Open With" window, the app I selected has not been added to the list.

Any idea why this would start happening, and what I can do about it? Thanks.

Responses to this message:
re: Can't pick default apps (Shawn: Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 11:59 am)

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Can't pick default apps (Ander: Sat, May 10, 2008, 8:31 pm)

re: Can't pick default apps (Shawn: Sun, May 11, 2008, 11:59 am)

re: Can't pick default apps (Ander: Sun, May 11, 2008, 3:31 pm)

re: Can't pick default apps (Shawn: Sun, May 11, 2008, 3:59 pm)

re: Can't pick default apps (Ander: Sat, May 17, 2008, 3:07 pm)

re: Can't pick default apps (Shawn: Sat, May 17, 2008, 8:43 pm)

re: Can't pick default apps (Ander: Sat, May 24, 2008, 1:24 am)

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