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re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 12:08 am
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Posted by Ricer46 (23822 messages posted)


I still don't believe the file extension is file, and I still suspect you don't even 
have a clue as to what a file extension is.






On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 9:45 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote:
>First, the file extension is "file". The whole problem is that the check box is greyed
>out. If I go to File types tab and chose program, the check box is not greyed out.
>But when I tick the box, and return to the files to be opened, it is as before. I
>have been informed that the check box is greyed out as a protection against unauthorised
>alteration of file types, and on entering the registry and altering a value from
>1 to 0, the protection is removed. And the check box is no longer greyed out. Has
>anyone any information on this?
>
>



Written in response to:
re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 9:45 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:42 am)

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-Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 6:56 am)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Steve: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 7:56 am)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 11:36 am)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Ricer46: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 12:14 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 12:53 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Ricer46: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 2:12 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 2:16 pm)
*re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Ricer46: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 3:03 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Steve: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 4:29 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Mon, Oct 5, 2009, 9:45 pm)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 12:08 am)
-re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 1:42 am)
*re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 3:29 am)
-I thought so... (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 7:23 am)
-One more thing (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 7:34 am)
-re: One more thing (Adam Bradley: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 8:17 am)
*re: One more thing (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 9:02 am)
*re: One more thing (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 9:42 am)
-re: I thought so... (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 8:56 am)
-lol (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 9:37 am)
-re: lol (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 10:57 am)
-re: lol (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 11:40 am)
-re: lol (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 3:05 pm)
*re: lol (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 5:51 pm)
-And... (Ricer46: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 6:04 pm)
-re: And... (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 11:31 pm)
-re: And... (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 5:30 am)
-re: And... (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 5:53 am)
-re: And... (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 9:05 am)
-re: And... (Reuven Ben-Daniel: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 10:10 am)
*re: And... (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 7, 2009, 10:41 am)
*re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out (Steve: Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 5:26 am)
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