Associating files with HTM

I instaled the compatibility pack and after the install it lost the
association for HTM HTML to IEExplorer.exe.

Further it won't let me associate it. I browse, and select it, and it takes
the program off the first list.....Word, Excel. It doesn't list ieexplorer
on that first list either.

The executable for Internet Explorer is
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
not IEExplorer.exe
Try that instead or try here and use the HTM/HTML fix:

XP File Association Fixes-Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:46:01 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, David Webb
wrote:

I instaled the compatibility pack and after the install it lost the
association for HTM HTML to IEExplorer.exe.

Further it won't let me associate it. I browse, and select it, and it takes
the program off the first list.....Word, Excel. It doesn't list ieexplorer
on that first list either.

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the 'set program access and defaults'
and it still did not reinstate the HTML file associations. Finally
reinstalled IE and it fixed them.



"David Webb" wrote:

I instaled the compatibility pack and after the install it lost the
association for HTM HTML to IEExplorer.exe.

Further it won't let me associate it. I browse, and select it, and it takes
the program off the first list.....Word, Excel. It doesn't list ieexplorer
on that first list either.