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11-09-2006
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| | Default action when clicking on a file? In previous versions of Windows, under "Folder Options" there is a tab for "File Types" where you could change the default action when you clicked on a file. This tab is no longer there in Vista. What do I now use to change default actions (i.e.; If I want the default action for a .reg file to be "edit" instead of "merge")? Has this been replaced by "change the program which opens a particular file type"? |
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11-09-2006
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| | Re: Default action when clicking on a file? Its available Control Panel (set to Classic View) > Indexing Options > Advanced > File Types. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry "BkStCrawler" <daerob@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:OtaqpZBBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > In previous versions of Windows, under "Folder Options" there is a tab for > "File Types" where you could change the default action when you clicked on > a file. This tab is no longer there in Vista. What do I now use to change > default actions (i.e.; If I want the default action for a .reg file to be > "edit" instead of "merge")? > > Has this been replaced by "change the program which opens a particular > file type"? |
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11-09-2006
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| | Re: Default action when clicking on a file? Hi, No, unfortunately, I don't think this functionality exists in Vista. There is no user interface to add new verbs/actions with new commands, or make a verb the default, or rename the type, or change the icon for a type, etc., short of editing the registry directly. We're back to Windows 3.1, without 3.1's simple registry. Control Panel > Indexing Options > Advanced > File Types only offers the ability to modify how different file types are indexed. Dean "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uF3KgdBBHHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Its available Control Panel (set to Classic View) > Indexing Options > > Advanced > File Types. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry > "BkStCrawler" <daerob@bigfoot.com> wrote in message > news:OtaqpZBBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> In previous versions of Windows, under "Folder Options" there is a tab >> for "File Types" where you could change the default action when you >> clicked on a file. This tab is no longer there in Vista. What do I now >> use to change default actions (i.e.; If I want the default action for a >> .reg file to be "edit" instead of "merge")? >> >> Has this been replaced by "change the program which opens a particular >> file type"? > > |
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11-11-2006
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| | Re: Default action when clicking on a file? Thanks Andre, but the option to change default action is no longer there. "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uF3KgdBBHHA.4680@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Its available Control Panel (set to Classic View) > Indexing Options > > Advanced > File Types. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry > "BkStCrawler" <daerob@bigfoot.com> wrote in message > news:OtaqpZBBHHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> In previous versions of Windows, under "Folder Options" there is a tab >> for "File Types" where you could change the default action when you >> clicked on a file. This tab is no longer there in Vista. What do I now >> use to change default actions (i.e.; If I want the default action for a >> .reg file to be "edit" instead of "merge")? >> >> Has this been replaced by "change the program which opens a particular >> file type"? > > |
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