Trouble with File Assoc. after latest patches

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Don

I am trying to create a new file association on my Win 2k
server. I have logged in as THE Administrator as well as
a different Domain admin and still the new, change,
delete and advanced buttons are greyed out on the file
types tab under folder options. Anybody know anything
about this? I tried to report it to MS but since it's an
OEM version of Win 2k server I get no further than the
product ID.

This has worked fine in the past so I am not sure what's
the deal. I also created a file with the extension and
tried Open With ... but the option to Always Use This
Program to Open These files is also greyed out so no
association is created. I also tried using the command
line and the ftype command with no luck.

If anyone can help me with this I would surely appreciate
it.

Thanks,
Don
 
Did you have a whack at the system policies?

Also, open RegEdt32 and check permissions on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

How about the command line ASSOC command?

Oh and, do scan your system. A virus could do this with relative ease.
 
Don said:
I am trying to create a new file association on my Win 2k
server. I have logged in as THE Administrator as well as
a different Domain admin and still the new, change,
delete and advanced buttons are greyed out on the file
types tab under folder options. Anybody know anything
about this? I tried to report it to MS but since it's an
OEM version of Win 2k server I get no further than the
product ID.
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From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257592:

On computers running Windows 2000 Terminal Services in Application Server
mode, the UI may be locked down so that no one can change file type
associations (not even administrators). This is done so that you can only
edit the entries programmatically or by using MSI-based applications. This
ensures that an inadvertent change in the UI does not effect the global
file type associations across the computer running Terminal Services and
all of its users. When this policy is enabled, the New, Delete, Change,
and Advanced buttons are unavailable on the File Types tab of the Folder
Options tool in Control Panel.


You can enable this functionality by changing the following registry
entry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFileAssociate"=dword:00000000

Changing this key from its default value of 00000001 enables the File
Types dialog box to function just as it does for other Windows 2000
configurations. Administrators and Power Users can change the global file
type settings for the computer and all of its users.
 
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