Wordpad missing

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Terry

Wordpad is not an option in my "open with" dialog
selection. I have associated the file ext. in file types
but it still does not appear as an option.

Why ?????
 
why you did try to choose another
to choose another program to open the document with it
i checked it and it run properly
 
Did you mean open with dialogue, from right click menu option or the open
with dialogue that allows the selection from the app list?
 
The one in the Open With dialog, choose "Other", browse to Wordpad. Next
time it will be in the list.

Since you probably have Office or similar, Word no longer has any
associations in the registry (.doc was taken) so it does not appear in the
list.
 
Either way I don't have the option. If you click the
other button, It allows a selection from the exe's on the
machine and it is in there. But marking the check box use
this program for this file extention doesn't have any
effect. Wordpad never shows in the selection list.
 
Good guess but the extention is different then doc. I
tried to make a new association but again it did not
take. Also when I choose wordpad from the "Other" list
and mark the check box it still will not appear in the
list the next time it is opened.
 
I found the answer thanks to your comments about the
registry. The file type assoc. are not in the registry or
at least I could not find them. But it did make me look
at a machine that was working properly. The WRI
association is the only one for Wordpad. The machine
having the problem did not have that assoc. So I added it
and low and behold it worked. Thank you for your help.....

terryg
 
Also when I choose wordpad from the "Other" list
and mark the check box it still will not appear in the
list the next time it is opened.
Click to expand...

For an application to appear in the Open With dialog box, it must have an
application key in the registry. Application keys appear in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications . The name of the key is the name of the
executable file for the application. For example,
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Applications
MyProgram.exe

Because most applications re-register upon start-up, I assumed Wordpad
does too so I recommended the OpenWith, assuming it will re-register when
launched. If it did not, you can register by the above key. Alternately,
paste below code in a .reg file and import. Paths are relative so it should
work on any W2k with no corrections:

-- snip here
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe]
"FriendlyAppName"="WordPad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,50,72,6f,67,72,61,6d,46,69,6c,65,73,25,5c,57,69,6e,64,6f,77,73,2
0,\

4e,54,5c,41,63,63,65,73,73,6f,72,69,65,73,5c,57,4f,52,44,50,41,44,2e,45,58,\
45,2c,31,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):22,25,50,72,6f,67,72,61,6d,46,69,6c,65,73,25,5c,57,69,6e,64,6f,77,7
3,\

20,4e,54,5c,41,63,63,65,73,73,6f,72,69,65,73,5c,57,4f,52,44,50,41,44,2e,45,\
58,45,22,20,22,25,31,22,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):22,25,50,72,6f,67,72,61,6d,46,69,6c,65,73,25,5c,57,69,6e,64,6f,77,7
3,\

20,4e,54,5c,41,63,63,65,73,73,6f,72,69,65,73,5c,57,4f,52,44,50,41,44,2e,45,\
58,45,22,2f,70,20,22,25,31,22,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\wordpad.exe\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):22,25,50,72,6f,67,72,61,6d,46,69,6c,65,73,25,5c,57,69,6e,64,6f,77,7
3,\

20,4e,54,5c,41,63,63,65,73,73,6f,72,69,65,73,5c,57,4f,52,44,50,41,44,2e,45,\

58,45,22,2f,70,74,20,22,25,31,22,20,22,25,32,22,20,22,25,33,22,20,22,25,34,\
22,00
 
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