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by cjones

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I have a .cap file (Capture file) from procomm and when asked what program you want to open this file with I chose Word and the box was checked to always open with this program (on mistake). Word will not open the file with the .cap extension. I want to open the file with wordpad. How do I get the file to open with a different program. When I double click the file now it tries to open with word, I want to double click and have it open with wordpad.

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by ann777

To change the file association, use Windows Explorer --> Tools --> Folder Options --> File Types --> CAP --> and use the Edit button to update the program association.

by alpha-male

Exactly how depends a little on your OS, but this should help:

The easiest way is to shift-right click on the icon and choose "Open With" from the list

Another way is to go to the File Types menu
(under View> Folder Options > File Types in 9x and Tools> Folder Options > File Types in 2k)

Find the listing for .cap files and edit it to point to Wordpad or whatever else you wish. Alternatively you could just delete the file association and then when you click to open the file direct it to the program you want.

Hope this helps....good luck.

by lizzy

Another way is to just open WordPad, choose Open File and navigate to the .CAP file. Make sure that the edit box labeled "Files of Type:" has "All Files *.*" in the field.

by cjones

This opens the file in Word Pad, but it doesn't change the file type of all the .cap files in my folder, they still want to open in word. Thanks though.

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