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Can't pick default apps
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Can't pick default apps
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 11:59 am
Posted by Shawn
(610 messages posted)
Hi Ander,
Did you check the "Always use the selected program...." box to make it the default
program?
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html
Hope this helps,
Shawn
There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Posted by Ander
(71 messages posted)
Shawn > Did you check the "Always use the selected program...." box to make it
the default program?
Yes, it's always selected. Even if it weren't, though, that wouldn't prevent me from
selecting an app to open the file (by adding it to the list). It won't even do that.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Posted by Shawn
(610 messages posted)
Ander,
You're right, it should have added it whether the box was checked or not.
Try selecting the program using Method Two in the tutorial to see if it will be added
to the "Open With" list afterwards. If it is already selected, try selecting something
else, then reselect it.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Posted by Ander
(71 messages posted)
Nothing worked. Other things were going wrong, too---so I've just reinstalled Vista.
(A growing trend?) Thanks anyway.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Posted by Shawn
(610 messages posted)
LOL Ander,
It seems to be turning out to be the easier way anyway.
Shawn
There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.
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re: Can't pick default apps
Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 1:24 am
Posted by Ander
(71 messages posted)
Ander> Nothing worked. Other things were going wrong, too---so
I've just reinstalled Vista. (A growing trend?)
Shawn> LOL... It seems to be turning out to be the easier way anyway.
Help-desk technician to Windows XP user, 2007:
Have you tried shutting down and restarting your system?
Help-desk technician to Vista user, 2009:
Have you tried reinstalling your OS?
:?D
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