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Husky

I was trying to open a file with another alternate program, but hadn't installed it yet, it was still archived in my saved folder. When I hit open with, I browsed to my saved folder, and without thinking I hit enter.

Now whenever I try to open one of these type files, it attempts to dearc the file I hit. And I don't know how to undo this. And the program itself'vdub' doesn't require any installation, just move the folder where you want it, and create a shortcut.


I tried the folder/ options/ types already, and the default to open that type is still set correctly, but it's using the archive I just added.

I'd add Vdub to the open with list, but it's not working.
 
Try right clicking the file you want to open, clicking "Open With", click on
"Choose Program", choose the original program and put a check in the "Always
use the selected program to open this type of file" box. Works for me.
 
If you have Windows XP or Windows ME,

use System Restore to undo the changes.
Goto Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Restore.
Restore to a state three days before you did the unwanted.

Panda_man
 
Try right clicking the file you want to open, clicking "Open With", click on
"Choose Program", choose the original program and put a check in the "Always
use the selected program to open this type of file" box. Works for me.
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see the last line. Vdub isn't one of the options, and browsing to it doesn't add it to the list.
It's not installed via an installer. Nothing gets added to the registry. You just move it's folder and make a shortcut to install it.
 
If you have Windows XP or Windows ME,

use System Restore to undo the changes.
Goto Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Restore.
Restore to a state three days before you did the unwanted.

Panda_man
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System restore is a last resort for serious problems. one step b4 reformat and reinstall everything.
System restore causes more problems than it fixes.
 
Husky said:
System restore is a last resort for serious problems. one step b4
reformat and reinstall everything. System restore causes more problems
than it fixes.
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This is completely untrue. In fact, System Restore is for fixing
niggling problems like when you set something wrong in the gui, and is
not the "last resort for serious problems". It is exactly the right
tool for when a user makes a mistake like you did. If you don't want to
use it, that's your business but it isn't a very practical stance in
terms of getting things fixed.

Malke
 
This is completely untrue. In fact, System Restore is for fixing
niggling problems like when you set something wrong in the gui, and is
not the "last resort for serious problems". It is exactly the right
tool for when a user makes a mistake like you did. If you don't want to
use it, that's your business but it isn't a very practical stance in
terms of getting things fixed.
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I have a web site on my machine. plus the documents, settings folders arefilled. there's 90 gigs of 152 filled.

When ever I used system restore, it created EMPTY folders of the originals names, renames the originals 'filename'2 and does it thru out the system. I went with it the 1st time it did that. And gave up trying to repair system restore after the 3rd day of finding empty folders and newname2 folders.

Nothing could find anything. A virus couldn't have done a better job of screwing things up.

Yes system restore is a last resort.
I've taken to keeping copies of my website on the other drive in case of needing to use system restore.
But they fail to mention that system restore can't recover deleted files.

Can you believe a setup this complicated doesn't come with a user manual ?
 
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