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From: MikeC on 5 Feb 2010 17:21
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

From: Bobby Johnson on 5 Feb 2010 17:32
You should be able to right click on one of the files with the extension
you want to associate, select "Open with" and then "Choose default
program..." If your editor is not listed among the files in the window
you can choose browse and find the executable file.


On 2010-02-05 17:21, MikeC wrote:
> 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
From: MikeC on 5 Feb 2010 19:27
When I right-click a .c or .h file in Windows Explorer, there is an "Open"
link, also Edit, Send to, Share with, cut, copy, Add to archive, etc - but
no "Open with".

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eCUudMrpKHA.3792(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You should be able to right click on one of the files with the extension
> you want to associate, select "Open with" and then "Choose default
> program..." If your editor is not listed among the files in the window
> you can choose browse and find the executable file.
>
>
> On 2010-02-05 17:21, MikeC wrote:
>> 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

From: Tom on 5 Feb 2010 21:57


"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

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.

From: Robert Aldwinckle on 6 Feb 2010 02:03

"MikeC" <nospam(a)myaddress.com> wrote in message
news:Ojh47MspKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> When I right-click a .c or .h file in Windows Explorer, there is an "Open"
> link, also Edit, Send to, Share with, cut, copy, Add to archive, etc - but
> no "Open with".


Try pressing Shift-Click?

Alternatively, assoc and ftype (in a cmd window) should still work.
; )


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---


>
> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eCUudMrpKHA.3792(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> You should be able to right click on one of the files with the extension
>> you want to associate, select "Open with" and then "Choose default
>> program..." If your editor is not listed among the files in the window
>> you can choose browse and find the executable file.
>>
>>
>> On 2010-02-05 17:21, MikeC wrote:
>>> 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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