[Now making the "always use this prog. to open this sort of file"
default to UN-ticked.]

In message , SC Tom writes:

"R.Wieser" wrote in message
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John,

While looking for the XP method I seem to have found the W7 method too:

It looks like I spoke too soon.

Those methods will *disable* that tickbox, meaning that you can't
(re)assign a filetype, even if you would want to ... :-(

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

I remember discovering that too, now you mention it.


At the very end of the article and before the ads and comments, it say:

"BONUS TIP: This tutorial can also be used in reverse condition. e.g.
if this checkbox is already disabled in your Windows and you want to
enable it, then you can remove the %2 mentioned in Method A or set
value of DWORD value to 0 as mentioned in Method B."

I haven't tried it, so cannot verify if it works or not.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

.... the pleasure of the mind is an amazing thing. My life has been driven by
the satisfaction of curiosity. - Jeremy Paxman (being interviewed by Anne
Widdecombe), Radio Times, 2-8 July 2011.