Register file types in vista

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Once a prolific author here on Tech-Recipes, Rob has moved on to greener pastures. View more articles by Rob Rogers. The Conversation Follow the reactions below and share your own thoughts. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Until now…. First, let's look at two ways to find where File Type Associations lives in Vista. Then click on Associate a file type or protocol with a program.

Once you have accessed the window for file type association, you can easily associate add or change modify an existing file type, by highlighting a file type, then clicking on the Change Program… button. To remove delete a file type association, you can use a great utility found on winhelponline. Just download, unzipp and click on Unassoc.

No install is required. To use, just find the file type you want to delete and click on the Remove file association button. The file type association will be deleted from the registry. Vista will then treat it as an unknown file type. Now, the only functionality missing with File types in Vista, compared to XP, is the capability to change icons and create a new file type.

If you come across how to do this, let us know! The problem: I want to open an MS Word file that is an attachment to an incoming message. If I first save it to the disk MS Word opens it double click. But I cannot open it while it is still attached, its type. DOC is not recognized from within Windows Mail. What's wrong? With a other external program, this can be done easily.

PS : Unassoc. Annoying you have to use 3rdparty program to remove file associations. Was the Microsoft programmers in such hurry that they forgot to add an "remove" button?

Or is there an new "Ultimate Pro" edition that has "now inkluded" file association removal funksjon!!? Hi, I have tried both methods several times, the small box at the lower left that says "check here to all ways use this program open to open the selected file type" is always grey and in-accessable, ….

Yes, the program appears in the window, and I can select it and it will open the file, but, only this once, next time same procedure. PPS", the program I want to associate with this is simpress. Open source code software from OpenOffice. I am using Vista — home version. Please don't tell me I have to buy the an upgrade just to get a stupid button to function, ….

The only method I found to work is to delete the existing association using the following utility:. My problem is so extensive I don't know where to begin. Everything I try to open will not open, instead a box comes up that says "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel". I have found this "Associate a file type" in the control panel, with the extensions on the left side, but did not come across the.

That is the only way I can get Run to work. I can't get into my registry. I am running Vista Ultimate on a Toshiba laptop. Any suggestions at this pointwuld be appreciated. To add a file type, start with right clicking the "unassociated" file you want to be opened, click open or open with and browse for the program you wish to be associated with the file type, tick the box that states "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file", click OK.