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re: Question about 'Edit File Types in Windows Vista' Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 2:09 am Posted by Roger (5 messages posted) Yes, something is wonky with Creative Elements. I used it to keep the current program for the Open option, but to change to a new one for Edit. I only did this for .jpg files, but now that you mention it, it also changed .gif, .png, and some others. I didn't choose this, but it's acceptable to me, so I'm not going to worry about it. I didn't even notice the Scope option the first (and so far, only) time I used it, but I checked it out, and I don't even have the option to change it. The drop-down box where options might be expected is disabled (grayed out), and a button to the right of it just tells me which file extensions are involved, with no way of changing them. Seems to be a bug in Creative Elements. Fortunately, I can live with things the way they are. The real question is why does Vista give 2 menu options (Open and Edit) with no way to make them do different things? Boy, that's an annoyance! On Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 7:00 am, mentularum wrote: >I have a question about Edit >File Types in Windows Vista: > >I am interested in anyone else's experiences with the File Type Doctor feature of >Creative Element Power Tools. > I tried it, and my view is that it would solve the lack of context (ie right-click) >menu edit in Vista, but only if it works properly. It seemed that the 'Scope' >specification did not work. > If I added an application to the .JPG context menu and specified a scope 'All >JPEG image files' then it added the application to ALL image files - .TIF, .BMP, >.GIF etc. > If I specified scope '.jpg files only' it failed to add the application at all. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Edit File Types in Windows Vista' Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 9:03 am Posted by mentularum (2 messages posted) The real question is why does Vista give 2 menu options (Open and Edit) You're right there Roger! Perhaps MS think we are too dumb to handle 'File Types'. I have contacted the software suppliers but so far no response. I hope they fix it; it seems like a useful tool if they do. Thanks for your response. I was a bit worried that it was just me being stupid. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Edit File Types in Windows Vista' Monday, July 28, 2008 at 4:57 am Posted by ToxicKitten (1 messages posted) There's also http://types.sourceforge.net/, which seems to work fine. It's also free where the other utility isn't. On Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 7:00 am, mentularum wrote: >I have a question about Edit >File Types in Windows Vista: > >I am interested in anyone else's experiences with the File Type Doctor feature of >Creative Element Power Tools. > I tried it, and my view is that it would solve the lack of context (ie right-click) >menu edit in Vista, but only if it works properly. It seemed that the 'Scope' >specification did not work. > If I added an application to the .JPG context menu and specified a scope 'All >JPEG image files' then it added the application to ALL image files - .TIF, .BMP, >.GIF etc. > If I specified scope '.jpg files only' it failed to add the application at all. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum