Default File Associations

[morland]

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)

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.

[spacesurfer]

Open my computer. Then click on tools from menu. click on folder options. click on file types. find bmp. you'll see the open with program there. you can change it to the program you like by clicking on advanced.

When you do so, you'll see open listed as one of the actions. click on it then click on edit. then type the path your program you want to use to open it. for example, if it's paintbrush, you would type "C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1".

For bmp, the edit command opens the bitmap with mspaint.exe. hence if you edit the edit action, you'll see that typed in.

My default action for the open command for bmp is

rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

Edited September 24, 2007 by spacesurfer

[morland]

Thanks spacesurfer