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        <title><![CDATA[Found a way to change EDIT for .HTML / .HTM files]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-217677-3533533]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This may have been mentioned earlier but on Windows 7 I was able to change the EDIT file association for .HTML / .HTM from MS Word ... back to my old tried and true Netscape Composer using  Default Program Editor - http://defaultprogramseditor.com/I assume this will work for other file associations]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Cook]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:52:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[File Extension]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Good tutorial, this guide is particularly helpful when troubleshooting problems associated with file extensions. Though we can follow this step-by-step process of changing file associations, there's actually a more easy way to do it. Some errors occur as a result of incorrect information being relayed to or from the Windows registry. It's possible to manually correct them using your above method, but I think it will be a long, arduous and tedious journey every time, especially if there's too much outdated file extensions to repair. As for me, I just use a certain software to automatically do it for me. I got it free from this site that talks about  file extension.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[perfectpitcher22]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:59:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[that was not the question, what you need to to is hit &quot;alt&quot;, then select tools, then folder options, next click the view tab, finaly right below the hidden options uncheck &quot;hide known file extensions&quot;.you will now be able to change the extensions just by renameing it(ex. .zip to .ipsw (ipod firmware))]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ryaninspiron]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:05:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do I... Change .exe file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[something messed up. opening .exe file goes to notepad somehow. need proper assoication]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rath150]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:51:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[thanks this sure helps!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tonyb@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to remove that association or reset to default ?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Somehow in my laptop .lnk was associated with Notepad, now all my links/shortcuts stopped working Can someone tell me how can I remove that association or reset it back to default?Thanks,]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[vijayneema]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:49:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not sure I'm understanding you here.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your pictures used to open in picture manager, but now you are using the posted instructions to get them to open in the same program (picture manager)? If so, these instructions were not for you - you were apparently trying to do something else.&quot;my pictures used to open in a particular folder&quot;This was probably the default picture folder for Vista - &quot;My Pictures&quot;, or whatever.&quot;but now I have to choose the folder&quot;Do you mean that you have to choose the folder to open if you double-clicked on a picture file? If you are opening picture manager by itself, chances are you may have to choose a folder, then a file to open.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:24:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[my pictures used to open in a particular folder in picturemanager. I followed these instructions to get it to open in picture manager but now I have to chose the folder. can you help?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eileentefft]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:56:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every PDF file requires me to Save Attachments in order for me to read it. I've used Set Associatons to set Adobe Reader 8.1 to display as PDF but it still does not work. Any ideas?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[nick@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:15:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for the post Harry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That is the program I was looking for - have used it before works well.eyesak]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eyesak@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:30:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Useless info alright]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I totally agree with you mate. As usefull as a dead man's coat.I hate when you look for a straight forward answer and some idiot titles their article like this one and it actually is about file association and nothing else. Just hate this. New software makes it really complicated to do simpliest of tasks. Annoying or what. Ciao]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[saijipa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:46:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Related Issue  - how to remove association for a file in Vista]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have not found an easy way to remove the file association - (without an extra application) not replace the file association.I have had this to work only the first time, once you try to associate a file the second time after choosing the default in Windows - it seems to stick with what you have manually associated it with.You may want to use registry edit to check the default value name in hkey classes root, because once you have associated the file type with assoc .jpg= (or whatever extension) with = and enter nothing, the file type default value is empty in hkey classes root. Even after re-associating the file in the Open With context menu.Mic..soft making it difficult.If you don't want a .jpg to open with Windows photo Gallery and you want to select from a list.Or you want to be prompted open with for each time you want to open a particular file type.(always being sure to remove the &quot;always use the selected program&quot; check box)From a command prompt -Get there by choosing Start &gt; All programs - Accessories - right click on the Command Prompt, left click on Run as Administrator - Use the Assoc command:example: at C:\... prompt key inassoc .jpg=.eyesak  ^(^ = carriage return or Enter)(Instead of .eyesak  you can use some text that you know is not associated with a file type)Now .jpg file that was associated with whatever program grabbed it, or whatever you selected and did not see the &quot;always use the selected program&quot; check box - will prompt you with what program to open with.I hope - Note# I want to re-iterate this worked for the first de-association for me - after that I chose the default program, and I was not able to de-associate the file with an application. To do it the second time you may have to use the program mentioned in these posts, I have used it before on another Windows install and it worked well. Your mileage may vary. eyesak ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[eyesak@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:47:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-217677-3113992]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[They tell me that later this year Windows Vista is to be replaced by a new system called Windows 8 or some such name.  So it might well save trouble to wait until the new OS comes along before monkeying with Vista file extension associations, etc.        Yours sincerely, Gerald.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Kirsch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:08:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have Windows Vista OS and Office 2007.I am unable to open Excel 2003 files directly by clicking on the file with Excel 2007. I checked the 'Set Associations' tab and the default for 'xls' files is Excel 2007. So it seems there is some other problem. Surprisingly I dont face this problem with Word or Powerpoint where I can easily open files of earlier versions directly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Clifford Francis]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:13:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[simple]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[if all you want to do is change the file extension go into Windows Explorer, single click on the filename to select it (but not open it), press F2, move the cursor to the end of the name and do the renaming.But, simply doing this type of extension change is going to result in mostly unreadable crap, the binary transliteration of the DOC file formatting information.  If you want to extract the text content of the DOC FILE into a TXT file then in Word do a File, Save As and select file type TXT.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron_007]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:17:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This was NOT useful at all.  It does not tell me how to change the file extention in Windows Vista!  It does not tell me how to change the file extention, for an example: Change a .doc file to a .txt file.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mathematicalmark@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:59:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here is the REAL answer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With My Computer, open the Windows directory and locate notepad.exe. Right click - copy.Then Back to &quot;programs&quot; directory and create a folder named &quot;notepad&quot;. Then open that and right-click, paste notepad.exe into folder.Close folder.   Next, find a .dat file and right click on it, opening the menu where you can select the program to open .dat files. click browse, go to Notepad folder, open and click on &quot;notepad.exe.&quot;  Suddenly a whole list of extensions appears, as if by magic. Reclick on notepad.exe again and click &quot;always open with...&quot;.This was the first thing in Vista I have encountered that made me angry with MS.It used to be so easy to do this. I'm really p.o.'d at Nero for not creating a filter for the dat (sound) file, rather than allow itself to select all .dat files.  I hope this helped, if you still needed it. I couldn't figure out anything from any of the other posts. I had to go work it out myself.  People seem too excited by seeing their words in print these days, or gossiping with each other in help columns.I guess, or else one of the &quot;experts&quot; would have passed the real fix along to you sooner.D.Allen]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dallen3747@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:47:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How to do so as a file extension should NOT be associated with any program? (necessary because some programs &quot;hijack&quot; extensions -e.g.,Nero ShowTime hijacks .dat files)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hgeorgescu@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:44:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-217677-2605511]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This didn't answer the question. In order to change a single file extension Go to start&gt; Control Panel&gt; Switch to Classic View&gt; Go to Folder Options&gt; Click on view tab&gt; Un-select hide extension for known files&gt; Apply. This will allow you to change a single file format to any extension you need.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[neonraze@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:03:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE:RE: How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You could try just changing the file extension via standard rename.  Of course remember to make a copy of them first incase it doesn't work.  Just a thought.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony.Draper1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:34:26 -0700</pubDate>
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