Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

file associations--follow up.

0 helpful
3 replies

by t_bonee 1 view

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Well I got the boxes in the folder options to be un-grayed out. Next question is how can I make an association global? I'm running Terminal Services and I want all users who log in via TS to have a certian file extension associated with a certian program. After I changed it as admin, only admins associations are changed and none of the users. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tom Wilson

3 replies

by mfischer

This might sound convoluted but in my experience it works great and eases admin later. Assuming the app is installed with an MSI file you can publish the application (not assign) in GP. Once the app is published, you can rclick the app in the UserGP and there is a check box to automatically install an app by click - EXAMPLE when a user clicks on a pdf file Acrobat Reader would automatically get installed to open it. If the app in question does not have an MSI you can always use Winstalle (found on the server os cd)

This discussion is closed to new replies.