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re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:56 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) rt click on the file, and choose open with from the menu. You can also set file associations from the File Types Tab in Folder Options [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 11:36 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) You have not answered my question. I right click on the file and chose 'open with', and that opens the individual file for that time .Every time I want to open that file or similar file I have to repeat this operation.If the "always use selected program"was not blanked out, and it was ticked; I would not have to repeat that operation. >rt click on the file, and choose open with from the menu. You can also set file associations >from the File Types Tab in Folder Options [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) No he didn't, but there is not a readily obvious answer. He suggested you try an alternative, but I guess you don't feel like trying that and responding with the result. On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 11:36 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >You have not answered my question. I right click on the file and chose 'open with', >and that opens the individual file for that time .Every time I want to open that >file or similar file I have to repeat this operation.If the "always use selected >program"was not blanked out, and it was ticked; I would not have to repeat that >operation. > >>rt click on the file, and choose open with from the menu. You can also set file >associations >>from the File Types Tab in Folder Options [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:53 pm Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) I have tried the alternative, and set file associations. But this didn't solve the problem, because when I went back to the files nothing had altered. On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:14 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >No he didn't, but there is not a readily obvious answer. He suggested you try an >alternative, but I guess you don't feel like trying that and responding with the >result. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:12 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) What is the file extension of the files in question? On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:53 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >I have tried the alternative, and set file associations. But this didn't solve the >problem, because when I went back to the files nothing had altered. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) The file extension is 'file' and it opens in QuickTime player, but I want to set file association, so when I click open on file it opens automatically in QuickTime player, and not 'open with' QuickTime player every time. On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:12 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >What is the file extension of the files in question? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 3:03 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) We understand what you want, and are trying to help you get there. I doubt seriously that the file extension is .file Quicktime files will have extensions of .qt or .mov So I'm guessing that you don't know what a file extension is. XP's default display hides the extensions, I'd suggest that you enable viewing them: From any Folder, click on Tools, Folder Options, the View tab, uncheck the box labeled Hide extensions for known file types. Then again, what is the file extension of the files in question? On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >The file extension is 'file' and it opens in QuickTime player, but I want to set >file association, so when I click open on file it opens automatically in QuickTime >player, and not 'open with' QuickTime player every time. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) When you use Rt Click, you usually have a Option to choose Program, and the Always Check box is normally not greyed out. Also the File types tab will make the change, but it is not very intuitive for many users. Many Programs also have a option in their preferences to take over a File association. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Monday, October 5, 2009 at 9:45 pm Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) 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? On Monday, October 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm, Steve wrote: >When you use Rt Click, you usually have a Option to choose Program, and the Always >Check box is normally not greyed out. Also the File types tab will make the >change, but it is not very intuitive for many users. Many Programs also have >a option in their preferences to take over a File association. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 12:08 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 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? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:42 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) Googling, this is what I found 'file extension: FILE - File With No Extension - If you are seeing the file type FILE this is not a file extension but an indicator in Windows" .My files have been loaded recently from YouTube using 'Vdownloader.' Files I downloaded some weeks ago have file extension "MPEG-Movie and the RealPlayer icon. But these new files play in RealPlayer if I specify it each time. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 12:08 am, Ricer46 wrote: >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. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:29 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) Correction, for Real Player read QuickTime player. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:42 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >Googling, this is what I found 'file extension: FILE - File With No Extension - If >you are seeing the file type FILE this is not a file extension but an indicator in >Windows" .My files have been loaded recently from YouTube using 'Vdownloader.' Files >I downloaded some weeks ago have file extension "MPEG-Movie and the RealPlayer icon. >But these new files play in RealPlayer if I specify it each time. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" checkbox are greyed out Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:26 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) I have never seen the problem, and don't have any other ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] I thought so... Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:23 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Yeah, you had to look it up. You can not associate files with no file extension. Windows has always depended on the file extension to know which app is supposed to be used. Your problem can be fixed by adding an appropriate file extension to each of the files. You may have to experiment a bit, but if you want them to load into Quicktime, I think you can add a .qt file extension. This would have been a whole lot easier and quicker had you just answered the questions instead of trying to bluff your way through. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:42 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >Googling, this is what I found 'file extension: FILE - File With No Extension - If >you are seeing the file type FILE this is not a file extension but an indicator in >Windows" .My files have been loaded recently from YouTube using 'Vdownloader.' Files >I downloaded some weeks ago have file extension "MPEG-Movie and the RealPlayer icon. >But these new files play in RealPlayer if I specify it each time. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] One more thing Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:34 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) You still should enable the viewing of file extensions as I described previously. Seeing them is very helpful. M$ should never have hidden them. Hiding them can cause more confusion. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:23 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Yeah, you had to look it up. You can not associate files with no file extension. >Windows has always depended on the file extension to know which app is supposed to >be used. Your problem can be fixed by adding an appropriate file extension to each >of the files. You may have to experiment a bit, but if you want them to load into >Quicktime, I think you can add a .qt file extension. > >This would have been a whole lot easier and quicker had you just answered the questions >instead of trying to bluff your way through. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: One more thing Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:17 am Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) They likely hid them to keep casual users from renaming them by accident, which Vista fixes to a degree. When you go to rename something only the name is highlighted so you have to explicitly select the extension to change it. As far as the files here .flv is another possibility, sometimes download when you save a flash video file is saves without an extension so you have to manually add it. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:34 am, Ricer46 wrote: >You still should enable the viewing of file extensions as I described previously. >Seeing them is very helpful. M$ should never have hidden them. Hiding them can cause >more confusion. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I thought so... Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:56 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) >I renamed the files with file extension MPEG-4 Movie and they now open in QuickTime player. As for bluffing my way through, if you had read my original question and heading ' Re Checkblock greying out. You are the one bluffing out by not saying "I don't know how to solve your question" On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:23 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Yeah, you had to look it up. You can not associate files with no file extension. >Windows has always depended on the file extension to know which app is supposed to >be used. Your problem can be fixed by adding an appropriate file extension to each >of the files. You may have to experiment a bit, but if you want them to load into >Quicktime, I think you can add a .qt file extension. > >This would have been a whole lot easier and quicker had you just answered the questions >instead of trying to bluff your way through. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: One more thing Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:02 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) >I renamed the files with file extension MPEG-4 Movie and they now open in QuickTime player. Thank for your assistance. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:17 am, Adam Bradley wrote: >They likely hid them to keep casual users from renaming them by accident, which Vista >fixes to a degree. When you go to rename something only the name is highlighted so >you have to explicitly select the extension to change it. > >As far as the files here .flv is another possibility, sometimes download when you >save a flash video file is saves without an extension so you have to manually add >it. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] lol Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:37 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) After I was eventually able to wade through all of your drivel. I gave you the solution which you used, and you don't even have the courtesy to acknowledge that? You sir are a real POS. PS: MPEG-4 Movie is not a file extension, it's a File type; mp4 is the file extension. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:56 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >>I renamed the files with file extension MPEG-4 Movie and they now open in QuickTime >player. As for bluffing my way through, if you had read my original question and >heading ' Re Checkblock greying out. You are the one bluffing out by not saying "I >don't know how to solve your question" > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: One more thing Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:42 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Actually it doesn't even matter if you have the right extension, as long as it is one that the app recognizes as its own. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 8:17 am, Adam Bradley wrote: >They likely hid them to keep casual users from renaming them by accident, which Vista >fixes to a degree. When you go to rename something only the name is highlighted so >you have to explicitly select the extension to change it. > >As far as the files here .flv is another possibility, sometimes download when you >save a flash video file is saves without an extension so you have to manually add >it. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: lol Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:57 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) You never gave a solution to my original question on "greying out' Your solution was only a palliative for a particular situation. You should start working for uTorrent forum where insulting is the norm. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:37 am, Ricer46 wrote: >After I was eventually able to wade through all of your drivel. I gave you the solution >which you used, and you don't even have the courtesy to acknowledge that? > >You sir are a real POS. > >PS: MPEG-4 Movie is not a file extension, it's a File type; mp4 is the file extension. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: lol Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 11:40 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I most certainly did give you the solution. After you provided the files with a proper extension you were able to make the proper association because the box was no longer grayed out. If no association is possible, as in the case where there is no file extension, then the check box is grayed out. It doesn't matter what forum you visit, as long as you are so stupid with your responses to questions, you are going to field responses that you will find insulting. If the shoe fits... On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:57 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >You never gave a solution to my original question on "greying out' Your solution >was only a palliative for a particular situation. You should start working for uTorrent >forum where insulting is the norm. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: lol Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) The box is still greyed out.And I had to rename 150 files individually to add the same file extension. As you are such an expert, if you googled on the 'box being greyed out', it is a XP safe guard to prevent unauthorised alteration of file associations. And you have to enter the registry to alter a 1 to 0, and make the box no longer greyed out But it apparently, according to pages of forums,does not always work. And the forums include very many people asking the same question. The box should be open before you make any associations. I don't find your remarks insulting but childish.Why don't you just admit that you do not know the answer to my original question on restoring the box without being greyed out? That is the question I asked. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 11:40 am, Ricer46 wrote: >I most certainly did give you the solution. After you provided the files with a proper >extension you were able to make the proper association because the box was no longer >grayed out. If no association is possible, as in the case where there is no file >extension, then the check box is grayed out. It doesn't matter what forum you visit, >as long as you are so stupid with your responses to questions, you are going to field >responses that you will find insulting. If the shoe fits... > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: lol Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:51 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) So why didn't you do that to start? The lack of file extensions was still a problem that you were not able to figure out without my help. Also had you asked, you could have learned an easier way to add the 150 file extensions. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >The box is still greyed out.And I had to rename 150 files individually to add the >same file extension. As you are such an expert, if you googled on the 'box being >greyed out', it is a XP safe guard to prevent unauthorised alteration of file associations. >And you have to enter the registry to alter a 1 to 0, and make the box no longer >greyed out But it apparently, according to pages of forums,does not always work. >And the forums include very many people asking the same question. The box should >be open before you make any associations. I don't find your remarks insulting but >childish.Why don't you just admit that you do not know the answer to my original >question on restoring the box without being greyed out? That is the question I asked. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] And... Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:04 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) while you asked how to get the box "ungrayed," it was clear that what you wanted was to be able to open a file by double clicking on it. Once you added the file extension, the boxes were still gray, but the box was now checked, making your need to "ungray" the box irrelevant. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: > >The box is still greyed out.And I had to rename 150 files individually to add the >same file extension. As you are such an expert, if you googled on the 'box being >greyed out', it is a XP safe guard to prevent unauthorised alteration of file associations. >And you have to enter the registry to alter a 1 to 0, and make the box no longer >greyed out But it apparently, according to pages of forums,does not always work. >And the forums include very many people asking the same question. The box should >be open before you make any associations. I don't find your remarks insulting but >childish.Why don't you just admit that you do not know the answer to my original >question on restoring the box without being greyed out? That is the question I asked. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 11:31 pm Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) thank you but the box was grey and unchecked, otherwise it would not have been necessary to correct each of the files individually. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:04 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >while you asked how to get the box "ungrayed," it was clear that what you wanted >was to be able to open a file by double clicking on it. Once you added the file extension, >the boxes were still gray, but the box was now checked, making your need to "ungray" >the box irrelevant. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:30 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Posted by you at 8:56am PDT yesterday: "I renamed the files with file extension MPEG-4 Movie and they now open in QuickTime player." Now in this post, you again display the fine art of vagueness in writing. Exactly what does "it would not have been necessary to correct each of the files individually." really mean. Yes, you had to add the file extension to each one (but it could have been done in bulk). or maybe you meant you had to check the file association box for each. NOT, I think. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 11:31 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >thank you but the box was grey and unchecked, otherwise it would not have been necessary >to correct each of the files individually. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:53 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) I mean that after downloading similar files from YouTube,I had to add the fire extension to each one by renaming each one.If the box had been checked(whether greyed over or not) the files would have been attached to the opening program, QuickTime player, automatically.. But I think this correspondence is getting nowhere, like sawing sawdust. Thank you. On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:30 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Posted by you at 8:56am PDT yesterday: >"I renamed the files with file extension MPEG-4 Movie and they now open in QuickTime >player." > >Now in this post, you again display the fine art of vagueness in writing. Exactly >what does "it would not have been necessary to correct each of the files individually." >really mean. Yes, you had to add the file extension to each one (but it could have >been done in bulk). >or maybe you meant you had to check the file association box for each. NOT, I think. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 9:05 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) And you will need to continue adding the extension every time. The status of the check box gray or not is irrelevant and you are admitting that I'm right. On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:53 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >I mean that after downloading similar files from YouTube,I had to add the fire extension >to each one by renaming each one.If the box had been checked(whether greyed over >or not) the files would have been attached to the opening program, QuickTime player, >automatically.. But I think this correspondence is getting nowhere, like sawing sawdust. >Thank you. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:10 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (91 messages posted) When you go to the page "Open with" and you chose the program, at the bottom of the page ,it states 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" To agree, the box must be ticked. If the box is ticked it means that this type of file will open without adding the extension each time. So I am saying the box must be in a position to be ticked. So the status of the box is NOT irrelevant. The whole purpose of my original question was how to make the box available for ticking or not. Read my first posting. On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 9:05 am, Ricer46 wrote: >And you will need to continue adding the extension every time. >The status of the check box gray or not is irrelevant and you are admitting that >I'm right. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: And... Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:41 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Now you're being nitpicky, because you made it clear that question was the short term goal so that you could double click a file and open it, that's the whole point of file associations. Changing the status of the gray box, would NOT have permitted you to associate files that had no file extension. You were never going to create your desired file associations, regardless of the status of the check box. On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10:10 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >When you go to the page "Open with" and you chose the program, at the bottom of the >page ,it states 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" To agree, > the box must be ticked. If the box is ticked it means that this type of file will >open without adding the extension each time. So I am saying the box must be in a >position to be ticked. So the status of the box is NOT irrelevant. The whole purpose >of my original question was how to make the box available for ticking or not. Read >my first posting. > > [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 XP Discussion Forum