Vista - setting the association in control panel

hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?

Courtesy of Vista User:
Go to help and type "file association"

Change the program that opens a type of file

If you double-click a file in Windows and it opens in the wrong software
program, follow these steps to choose the program you would prefer that file
use. You can change this setting for an individual file, or you can tell
Windows to open all files of that same type in the software program you
choose.

1.. Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.

2.. Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on
the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then
click Choose Default Program.

3.. Click the program that you want to use to open this file.

4.. Do one of the following:

a.. If you want all files of that type to open in the same software
program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of
file check box, and then click OK.

b.. If you want only that file to open in the software program this one
time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file
check box, and then click OK.
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"Alex" <Alex@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you don't have an association for a particular file you likely do not
have what you need to open the file. You either need the same program on
your computer, used to create the file, or you need an alternative that can
handle that particular file association. Just associating any program with a
file is not going to do you any good at all.

So, maybe if you told us the file extension we could assist you in locating
the program you need to open the file.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"Alex" <Alex@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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thank you now it works thanks a lot.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

"Richard Urban" wrote:
Also what is the "SET ASSOCIATIONS control panel" and where is it?

jack1961

Hi Jack,

Take a look at these two tutorials for help on this.

Default Programs

Default Programs - Program Default Associations

Shawn

"Alex" wrote:

"Alex" wrote:

DL the file, R-Click it, and then use Open With to associate the file with a
program.

Buddha

"John Redmond" <John Redmond@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Which file type are you trying to open? See the tutorial here:

Error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action" opening email attachments - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/er...iated-with-it/

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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"John Redmond" <John Redmond@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C86EA6E3-BDC5-4478-82E5-BA3909B7BF19@xxxxxx


"Alex" wrote: