File Association

[BittersweetGal]

I went to open email. Had some pictures that needed to be open in it. My
picture file isn't associated with any viewer. It wanted to open it in
notepad. How do I go about associating picture files to viewer when it
doesn't give you a list to choose from.
Also will someone tell Microsoft that I miss the old defrag way. I use to
set and watch it :-)......life little enjoyments
Thanks

[Taurarian]

Associating Files with Programs when Opening a File


Follow these steps:


1. In an Explorer window, find a file with the extension that you want to
associate with a program.

2. Right-click the filename and choose Open With from the menu that
appears. (If Open With doesn't appear on the menu, you have to use another
method of associating the file type with the program.) (If a small submenu of
programs appears, select Choose Program to display the Open With dialog box.)

3. Select the program to run, or click Browse to find the program file.

4. Click the Always Use The Selected Program To Open This Kind Of File
check box and click OK.


Windows Explorer permanently saves the association of the filename extension
with the program, and it opens the file you selected with the program you
specified.



Associating Files with Programs by Using Folder Options


Another way to associate a file type (file extension) with a program (or change
the program associated with a file type) is to use the File Types tab on the
Folder Options dialog box.



Editing an Existing Association


To edit a file association, follow these steps:

1. Choose Start | Control Panel, click Appearance And Themes, and run
Folder Options. You see the Folder Options dialog box. (You can also display
this dialog box by choosing Tools | Folder Options from any Explorer window.)

2. Click the File Types tab.

3. In the Registered File Types list, click the type of file you want to
associate with a program. (Scroll down the list--it's long.) When you select a
file type, more information about that file type appears in the Details For
File Type box. You also see two buttons: Change (to associate one program with
the file type) and Advanced (to associate multiple programs with the file
type).

4. To see or change which program Windows runs to open this type of file,
click Change. You see the Open With dialog box. Select the program to run or
click the Click Here link (in "If the program is not in the list, click here")
to find the program file. Then click OK. Close the Open With and Folder Options
dialog boxes.

Windows now knows to run the program you specified when you open a file of this
type.

"BittersweetGal" > wrote in message
...
> I went to open email. Had some pictures that needed to be open in it. My
> picture file isn't associated with any viewer. It wanted to open it in
> notepad. How do I go about associating picture files to viewer when it
> doesn't give you a list to choose from.
> Also will someone tell Microsoft that I miss the old defrag way. I use to
> set and watch it :-)......life little enjoyments
> Thanks
>
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