I guess I was unclear - what I was talking about was being able to definethe
default *action*, rather than just the default program. For example, I
prefer to have audio files use the "enqueue" action rather than the "play"
action in winamp, and I prefer to have most image files use the "preview"
action when double-clicked from explorer, but to have the default program
actually assigned to photoshop. That way the preview is super quick from
inside explorer windows, but if the file is called to open by another
program, it'll open in photoshop.
XP's File Types Manager wasn't perfect for doing all of that kind of stuff,
but it was a lot better than nothing.
I haven't given up hope that there's a console or something I can find in
Vista; it just hasn't been a high enough priority for me to put in the time
to dig that deep.
Thanks,
Morgan
Gene K said:
Morgan,
In Vista, you can associate specific file types with a specific program(or
view the present association) at Control Panel/Default Programs. When you
open the "Default Programs" portion, you will see an entry titled "Associate
a file type or protocol with a program". Work from there.
Gene K
Morgan said:
I was JUST about to ask that question, so thanks for the preemptive
response!
Well, thanks for the knowledge, anyway - that was a truly stupid thing for
MS to get rid of. There have been a lot of improvements to the access of
"high level" settings and information with Vista that I really like -the
new
MMC is great, for example - but this is an example of a significant loss.
:
I'm not happy with the loss of the File Types dialog either. There are
now
a lot of things that can only be done via regedit, i.e. change the
default
action for .reg & .vbs files to 'Edit' rather than 'Open'
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
THANK YOU - This and quite a few other things were driving me nuts.. As
a
Network Admin I have to know all the ins and outs of an OS before I
deploy
it. I find that the learning curve on Vista is straight up. I haven't
seen
such a change in an OS since Windows 3.11 to Windows NT. At least with
NT
most of the areas were the same with 2000 and XP. Now with Vista
everything
has moved or been rearranged.
Slowly I am figuring out the hacks - etc.
I guess I should take some serious time and explore the Control Panel.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Lara
:
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:15:05 -0800, lforbes
Hi,
It may have moved but I have looked for it with no luck. Where did
the
ability to manually create or edit File Types go? Often file types
get
corrupted. I can go into File Types Manager and delete the type and
recreate.
Sometimes software like Adobe Photoshop steals all the file types
without my
permission and I have to put them back manually.
Right clicking and choosing "always use this program to open this
document"
is not good enough for me because it isn't a hard code but a soft
one.
I
want to be able to edit the file types directly. I have a lot of
server
run
only software that isn't installed locally.
I also change my shortcuts to my file types depending on what type
they
are
Eg. Gif have different pictures than jpg even though they are opened
by
the
same software.
Thanks
Lara
For "hard core" types (me too) go to Control Panel pick Default
Programs. Odd choice for a name maybe for those of us use to finding
this in Windows Explorer in XP.
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