Associating NOTEPAD with files with BLANK extensions

[oklier]

check your user permissions...I think you may have to
have power user or administrator rights....

>-----Original Message-----
>With Win2K I had the HOSTS. file open with Notepad by
>default when double-clicked.
>
>Now with XP Pro, there is no "Open With" option when
right
>clicking and double clicking brings up the "can not open
>file" for which I choose "Select the program form list"
>which is where one would normally want to go but
>the "Always use the selected program to open this kind
of
>file." is grayed-out!
>
>How does one get XP to associate a BLANK extension with
>Notepad?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>.
>

[Thomas Wendell]

Line 25 right
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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"oklier" > kirjoitti viestissä
...
> check your user permissions...I think you may have to
> have power user or administrator rights....
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >With Win2K I had the HOSTS. file open with Notepad by
> >default when double-clicked.
> >
> >Now with XP Pro, there is no "Open With" option when
> right
> >clicking and double clicking brings up the "can not open
> >file" for which I choose "Select the program form list"
> >which is where one would normally want to go but
> >the "Always use the selected program to open this kind
> of
> >file." is grayed-out!
> >
> >How does one get XP to associate a BLANK extension with
> >Notepad?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jim
> >.
> >