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From: Al Williams on 18 Oct 2007 12:26 Office 2003 SP3 apparently removed all associations for .TIF files when I installed it on my 2003 terminal server. Unfortunately, this breaks FAX viewing and previewing (which MS had to know it would). I found KB 938813 which indicates the users need to add the associations back manually. When I try this on a TS session it can't be done as users are read-only in the Folder Options->File Types tab. How do I fix this on terminal server? Preferably at the server without having to update or visit each user. Thanks. -- Allan Williams
From: Peter Lawton on 18 Oct 2007 13:54 File associations are per machine not per user so you only have to change them on each terminal servers. The complication is that changing file associations is disabled on terminal servers to prevent one user changing them for all users. To enable changing the associations change the following registry entry:- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=word:00000000 Then in explorer :- 1 On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. 2 Click the File Types tab. 3 In the Extensions column under Registered file types, select TIF. 4 Click Change. 5 In the Open With dialog box, click Microsoft Office Document Imaging under Programs. 6 Click to select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box, and then click OK. Then lock changing associations again:- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=dword:00000001 Peter Lawton "Al Williams" <donotreplydirect(a)usenewsgroup.com> wrote in message news:eMJU1OaEIHA.1204(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Office 2003 SP3 apparently removed all associations for .TIF files when I > installed it on my 2003 terminal server. Unfortunately, this breaks FAX > viewing and previewing (which MS had to know it would). I found KB 938813 > which indicates the users need to add the associations back manually. > When I try this on a TS session it can't be done as users are read-only in > the Folder Options->File Types tab. > > How do I fix this on terminal server? Preferably at the server without > having to update or visit each user. > > Thanks. > > -- > Allan Williams > > > >
From: Vera Noest [MVP] on 18 Oct 2007 15:55 Users can have personal file associations, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \SOFTWARE\Classes, and they will override the associations in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes, as documented here: 257592 - Changes in File Types and File Association Features in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=257592 _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ "Peter Lawton" <dummy(a)dummy.domain> wrote on 18 okt 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > File associations are per machine not per user so you only have > to change them on each terminal servers. The complication is > that changing file associations is disabled on terminal servers > to prevent one user changing them for all users. > > To enable changing the associations change the following > registry entry:- > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\pol > icies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=word:00000000 > > Then in explorer :- > > 1 On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. > 2 Click the File Types tab. > 3 In the Extensions column under Registered file types, select > TIF. 4 Click Change. > 5 In the Open With dialog box, click Microsoft Office Document > Imaging under Programs. > 6 Click to select the Always use the selected program to open > this kind of file check box, and then click OK. > > Then lock changing associations again:- > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\pol > icies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=dword:00000001 > > Peter Lawton > > "Al Williams" <donotreplydirect(a)usenewsgroup.com> wrote in > message news:eMJU1OaEIHA.1204(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Office 2003 SP3 apparently removed all associations for .TIF >> files when I installed it on my 2003 terminal server. >> Unfortunately, this breaks FAX viewing and previewing (which MS >> had to know it would). I found KB 938813 which indicates the >> users need to add the associations back manually. When I try >> this on a TS session it can't be done as users are read-only in >> the Folder Options->File Types tab. >> >> How do I fix this on terminal server? Preferably at the server >> without having to update or visit each user. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Allan Williams
From: Peter Lawton on 19 Oct 2007 02:01 You're very right of course, I was making an assumption that as these were terminal servers it was unlikely that users had had their own personal associations set, but it is possible they may have. You have raised an interesting point though, would the Office service pack 3 that removed these associations in the first place, and caused this guy's problems, have removed them if they'd been set on a per-user basis as well as in the global machine associations. Or does SP3 only remove the global associations? Peter Lawton "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest(a)remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message news:Xns99CDDF012AF79veranoesthemutforsse(a)207.46.248.16... > Users can have personal file associations, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER > \SOFTWARE\Classes, and they will override the associations in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes, as documented here: > > 257592 - Changes in File Types and File Association Features in > Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=257592 > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ > > "Peter Lawton" <dummy(a)dummy.domain> wrote on 18 okt 2007 in > microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > >> File associations are per machine not per user so you only have >> to change them on each terminal servers. The complication is >> that changing file associations is disabled on terminal servers >> to prevent one user changing them for all users. >> >> To enable changing the associations change the following >> registry entry:- >> >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\pol >> icies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=word:00000000 >> >> Then in explorer :- >> >> 1 On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. >> 2 Click the File Types tab. >> 3 In the Extensions column under Registered file types, select >> TIF. 4 Click Change. >> 5 In the Open With dialog box, click Microsoft Office Document >> Imaging under Programs. >> 6 Click to select the Always use the selected program to open >> this kind of file check box, and then click OK. >> >> Then lock changing associations again:- >> >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\pol >> icies\Explorer] "NoFileAssociate"=dword:00000001 >> >> Peter Lawton >> >> "Al Williams" <donotreplydirect(a)usenewsgroup.com> wrote in >> message news:eMJU1OaEIHA.1204(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Office 2003 SP3 apparently removed all associations for .TIF >>> files when I installed it on my 2003 terminal server. >>> Unfortunately, this breaks FAX viewing and previewing (which MS >>> had to know it would). I found KB 938813 which indicates the >>> users need to add the associations back manually. When I try >>> this on a TS session it can't be done as users are read-only in >>> the Folder Options->File Types tab. >>> >>> How do I fix this on terminal server? Preferably at the server >>> without having to update or visit each user. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> Allan Williams
From: TP on 19 Oct 2007 14:51
Hi Peter, It would not remove the per user associations during install (they would not be accessible for most users). It is possible that it could add a Just In Time Setup entry that did this when each user logged on, but that is unlikely. -TP Peter Lawton wrote: > You're very right of course, I was making an assumption that as these > were terminal servers it was unlikely that users had had their own > personal associations set, but it is possible they may have. > > You have raised an interesting point though, would the Office service > pack 3 that removed these associations in the first place, and caused > this guy's problems, have removed them if they'd been set on a > per-user basis as well as in the global machine associations. Or does > SP3 only remove the global associations? > > Peter Lawton |