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From: Susan on 19 Feb 2010 10:16
I get an "Open with" choice. If I select it, and the program is not there,
I get a "Choose the default program." If I still don't see my program, there
is a "Browse" button on the bottom right. Is that what you were looking for?

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> "MikeC" <nospam(a)myaddress.com> wrote in message
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>> Folks,
>>
>> In Windows 7 (on a 64-bit Acer laptop), when I try to associate a file
>> with a program, I click Start, "Default Programs", "Associate a file type
>> with a program", then choose the file type from a long list of possible
>> types. The snag is that the types that I want to associate with my
>> favorite editor are not in the list - surprisingly, as they are ".c",
>> ".h", and less surprisingly, a file type that is created by a program I
>> wrote, ".Prs"
>> Can anybody suggest how I can make the associations? Do I have to edit
>> the registry? I've never done that, so if that is the only way to go,
>> I'd appreciate careful instructions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> MikeC
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> You can really only (nearly all of the time) associate a file type with
> the program that created it. For example, you cannot get a program that
> opened with Apple's Itunes and then change it to attempt to open with
> Windows Media Player. If you're just trying to get it in the list, at the
> bottom of that list, you should see "Choose default Program", and then go
> to the directory where the executable you want (could) open that
> particular program. If you have your extensions in view ( i.e.
> programname.exe as ".exe" being the extension), you will be able to tell
> the what is the actual program.

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