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Setting File Association This �Associates� a file extension with a program, so that when you double click on a file, the 'Associated' program is called to open the file.Normally, when you install a program, it is associated with it's own particular file extension, as Windows seems to come with Notepad associated with the �txt� extension. The file association can be set or changed by going to the Windows Explorer �View� menu and selecting �Folder Options.� Choose the �File Types� tab and find your file type in the list, if it isn't there, you can add it, click on it once to highlight it and then click on �Edit.� You should now be looking at the �Edit File Type� Dialogue window where you can do the actual linking or associating. You can associate other actions besides opening the file, but that is beyond the scope of this article. If there is more than one action in the bottom box, click on one to highlight it then Click on the �Edit� button to see how it is now associated. You can �Browse� to find a different program to open this type of file with. You can �Add� another association by using the �New� button, put in the �Action,� usually �Open� and browse for the program that you want to do this action. Now that there is more than one choice in the �Actions� box, you can choose one and select �Set Default� so that one will be used in the future. Now that I have you completely confused, here is the easy way to set the program you want to open your files with.
The next time you double click on a file with this extension it will try to open in this program. (I say �Try� because, sometimes, different types of files have the same three letter extension.)
The Eller Chronicles Table of Contents Created by Alfred D. Eller, using Arachnophilia 4.0, Last updated, April 12, 2002 |