Just checking the obvious... You are logged on as an administrator when you
install these programs and change the associations?
"johnation33" wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> So I had to reformat and reinstall windows vista business x86 because
> of a corrupt registry and its now a factory fresh install and I spent 2
> days installing and customizing everything again. However, I just ran
> into a very annoying problem that I just can't solve and it is driving
> me crazy. The problem is this, my default programs/file type
> associations does NOT work. The problem is multifold.
>
> First, if a file has a strange extension such as .torrent file
> extension, windows does not recognize it, even after I have installed
> utorrent and made it my default program to open the files. For some
> reason, I have to click yes every single time I open utorrent because I
> don't think it's writing to the registry.
>
> Second, I can't ADD any programs whatsoever to the default programs
> list. For example, I use firefox as a browser, but when try to open a
> .html file (I'm a web developer) it opens it with iexplorer.
>
> So I try to change the file type association multiple ways... first I
> try going to the "Open with" menu and for some reason firefox (or opera,
> my secondary browser) isn't listed so I click browse to firefox.exe and
> for some reason it won't let me open it with that program. So then I go
> into control panel and open the "default programs" and try to change it
> through that menu but it won't let me open it with firefox or opera.
>
> So the short list of problems:
> 1. Unable to change file type associations through various methods
> 2. When a new program is installed, it is SOMETIMES added to the "other
> programs" list under "open with" menu option. (e.g. adobe photoshop is
> added, but opera or firefox or utorrent or many other programs aren't
> added, and can't be manually added)
>
> I have never seen this problem with windows in the 10+ years I've used
> it. I've installed gladysoft's registry repair to fix it, and no luck
> with that whatsoever. Can anyone please help me? This is driving me
> neurotic and I really can't afford to waste more work days reformatting
> this computer all again and reinstalling every single program i need.
> Please Help.
>
>
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> johnation33
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