I wouldn't worry about it too much. More often then not, it's a
programmer's conceit. The program that re-associated the .xml file type to
itself will probably still work. For instance, although .txt files, by
default, open with Notepad, should you click on one, they can also be opened
by other word processors, such as WordPad or Microsoft Word, via Send To,
File>Open, etc. This issue has come up with some Adobe products:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowled...fm?id=kb400789
I'm glad to hear things are working.
"Kevin K4VD" <kevin@k4vd.net> wrote in message
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> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23bnGD5hhHHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Try the fix offered at this site:
>>
>> Fix Windows Vista Help and Support
>> http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/kmk...d-support.aspx
>>
>> It re-associates the .xml file type to its default settings. A recent
>> installation of a program may have "stolen" the .xml association.
>>
>
> Thanks! Worked perfectly. Your note says the .xml file may have been
> stolen so I assume there will be some program I recently installed that
> will act strangely (not necessarily it's help file?). I'll keep an eye out
> for it and troubleshoot from there. Things are looking great now.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin