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by michelle.morland

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Hi,

Not sure what I did but it seems that the file associations on my PC have been changed (i hope they are not messed up) :o

So far, I have noticed this only with .BMP files (their icons, application they used to open with on double click, etc.) are no longer the same. I fear that while installing something I may have messed up some other file associations too.

Is their a way to "reset" to the default file associations? Is there a tool to do this? Or at least a URL which provides the required details and how to rest all file associations to default?

Will appreciate your help.

Thanks.

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by dan.cox

Go into Windows explorer.
Right click on the file that you want to reassociate.
Choose 'Open With' and 'Choose Program'.
A dialogue box will open.
From here select the program you want your .bmp files to open in.
Check the box beside 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file.'
Then click ok.
From then on the .bmp files will be opened with the program you selected when double clicked.

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