Vista - Default Programs - Program Default Associations

Not sure why. You might see if doing a System Restore using a restore point dated before this problem may be able to fix it for you.

yes, i tried this. my system restore only goes back to 1 month. unfortunately the problem is older than that. i also tried uninstalling an reinstalling microsoft office outlook. that did not work either.

The only thing I can suggest at this point is to reinstall Vista.

looks like theres no support for .gif in windows photo gallery, is there not any add-ons for it?

Hello BJ,

You should be able to select GIF to be association with Windows Photo Gallery in Default Programs to have it only view the GIF image. It will not be animated while viewing it in Windows Photo Gallery like it would be in Internet Explorer though.



If you do not have GIF listed like above, then this REG file download below will restore the default registry entries for GIF to hopefully return it for you. After you save the REG file to your desktop, just double click on it to merge it to add it to your registry.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

i'm having a little problem and when i click to set my default programs and choose from the list i'm unable to uncheck anything but i can check

Hello Izihuichen,

You may be able to set the default program to open the file extension using this method instead.

Default Programs

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi,

This is the first time I am posting here, and I see a lot of useful information.

I tried to search through the postings, but some were old, and I could not post.
My problem is with with Word in Vista. I have Vista Home Premium 64bit. I installed Word in this laptop too, because I just cannot open anything in works anywhere besides home.

I am trying to set Word as default association program for.wps files, but Word does not even show up as a program choice.

I am so frustrated with Vista. Every time I write something I have to manually save as in word format. Last night I forgot, and I had a presentation to do today and could not open a file.

Please help. I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks

Hello Mimi, and welcome to Vista Forums.

On older posts like that, you will just need to check the box at the bottom of the reply window first to acknowledge that it is a older post. That's all.

You should be able to right click on the .wps file and on Open With to select the Word exe file to have always open that type of file.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks for your reply!

However, when I try to use Open With, the only options I get is Works Word processor, or Word Converter. And when I browse for programs Word does not show up as an option.

Thanks again