Vista - Vista games

When I click on any of Vista games (chess titan, inkball) I get an error
message
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create
an association in the Set Association control panel." Plz help.

Did you use a registry hack or 3rd party tweaking utility to remove the
overlay arrows on your desktop icons? This is one of the side effects.

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/147/1/

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"jampolin" <jampolin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I click on any of Vista games (chess titan, inkball) I get an error
> message
> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
> action. Create
> an association in the Set Association control panel." Plz help.

"jampolin" wrote:

> When I click on any of Vista games (chess titan, inkball) I get an error
> message
> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
> action. Create
> an association in the Set Association control panel." Plz help.


An error occurs when you try to run a game from Games Explorer in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/147/1/

Jane C;2944 Wrote:
> Did you use a registry hack or 3rd party tweaking utility to remove the
> overlay arrows on your desktop icons? This is one of the side
> effects.
>
>

Weird..I use third party tweaking to remove the arrows and all my games
work just fine


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If the tweaking utility doesn't remove the IsShortcut registry value, then
this problem doesn't occur.

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"'use_real_email'" wrote in message
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>
> Jane C;2944 Wrote:
>> Did you use a registry hack or 3rd party tweaking utility to remove the
>> overlay arrows on your desktop icons? This is one of the side
>> effects.
>>
>>
>
> Weird..I use third party tweaking to remove the arrows and all my games
> work just fine
>
>
> --
> VRG Scotty
>
> AMD FX-62..Asus Silent Square Pro Cooler...DFI LANPARTY UT
> NF590-SLI-M2RG...ENERMAX INFINITI EIN720AWT PSU...2x74gb Raptors (raid
> 0)...2x320gb Maxtors (raid 1)...2 x Gainward BLISS 8800 GTX (forceware
> 158.24)...4x1gb Corsair XMS DDR2 800...Plextor DVDR 716AL...Pioneer 112
> DVDRWDL...Creative X-FI...Vista Ultimate 32bit...all housed in a
> Thermaltake Shark...Monitor 24" Dell...Speakers Logitech 5500...Router
> Netgear DG834PN..Maxtor 300gb External...4Gb readyboost flash drive
>
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"Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
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> If the tweaking utility doesn't remove the IsShortcut registry value, then
> this problem doesn't occur.

then how come it works fine on mine an many others?
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Because there are other ways of removing the arrow. If your particular
tweaking program doesn't change the IsShortcut entry, then it will work fine
on yours and many others. If a different tweaking program does alter the
IsShortcut entry, as many do, it will not work.

Her's probably did, while yours did not.

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"VRG Scotty©" <wapbam@boogie.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:296FF699-9297-48D8-81DC-4190F5946B44@microsoft.com...
>> If the tweaking utility doesn't remove the IsShortcut registry value,
>> then this problem doesn't occur.
>
> then how come it works fine on mine an many others?
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>
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