Vista - how to create an association in set association control panel

Help, I have read all of the questions and answers regarding how to do this
but still do not know how to create. I am a beginner and need step by step
instructions. I have went into my control panel and then into
programs/default and that brought up a screen with names such Windows email
on the left side of the screen and then at the bottom of the screen were two
items listed which I have now forgotten what was listed; however, I clicked
on both of them and found nothing to indicate what to do or where to go to
next so please can you give me step by step instructions.

All I am trying to do is open an attachment to an email and I receive the
message I need to create an association in set association control panel.

Thank you for taking the time to help a girl who is going crazy trying to
figure out how to do this.

What type of file are you trying to open i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or
something else?

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"crazygirl" <crazygirl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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What kind of attachment? The program used to open an attachment depends
entirely on what kind of file the attachment is, I.E. a Word document
requires Word, a spreadsheet requires Excel, a picture might require one of
several different programs depending on what kind of picture file it is
(.jpg, or .bmp, or .gif, or whatever). If you have a Word or PowerPoint
attachment, there are some ready made fixes for these.

Hal
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"crazygirl" <crazygirl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am trying to open WMV attachments and I get a message that I need Set Association

CHUCKELMON wrote:Just do so ;-)

Control Panel | Standard programs |

Rainald

Hi, I HAD SAME PROBLEM IT WAS DRIVING ME NUTS,I RESET INTERNET EXPLORER

TOOLS,INTERNET OPTIONS ADVANCED TAB AND RESET hope this helps

xyerichehy wrote:
Thanks fro sharing your recipe.

In future pls avoid to write with UPPER CASE ONLY.
In the world if e-communications this means SHOUTING.
And it's really bad to read.

Rainald

hi rainald,

wasn't aware

xyerichehy wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Normal UPPER and lower case mixture is the standard.
Right now you fell into the other extreme ;-) ;-)

Rainald

"crazygirl" wrote: