Missing associations in XP

[morland]

I seem to have lost the registry associations for at least 2 files

.QT files and .PNG files

The reason I am saying this because previously QT and PNG files had some icons with them and I could open them (don't remember which software). After noticing this problem I went into Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | File Types and then tried to look for QT and PNG files but there's nothing

The above are the only 2 I have just noticed after getting my Laptop back from a guy who was supposed to fix some problems. I hope there aren't more missing associations.

Is there a way to fix missing file associations. May a freeware which does a good job for this particular task?

[Guest]

For png (modify path if not C:\Windows) ...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png]
"PerceivedType"="image"
@="pngfile"
"Content Type"="image/png"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\OpenWithProgids]
"pngfile"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile]
@="PNG Image"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
  00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
  32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
  00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,35,00,00,00
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\CLSID]
@="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\DefaultIcon]
@="shimgvw.dll,2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open]
"MuiVerb"="@shimgvw.dll,-550"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open\command]
@="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{E84FDA7C-1D6A-45F6-B725-CB260C236066}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\printto\command]
@="rundll32.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

Paste into text document. Save with a .reg extension. Double click to import into registry.

.qt is not part of a stock Windows so you need to either install something like Quicktime that will create the association or manually create it. I suggest you just right click a .qt file, open with, pick whatever you had opening them and check always use this program.

Edited May 6, 2010 by -X-

[morland]

For png (modify path if not C:\Windows) ...

....Paste into text document. Save with a .reg extension. Double click to import into registry.

.qt is not part of a stock Windows so you need to either install something like Quicktime that will create the association or manually create it. I suggest you just right click a .qt file, open with, pick whatever you had opening them and check always use this program.

TONS OF THANKS -X- your suggested solution for PNG worked great!!!! thanks so much. Will try your suggestion for the .QT file later too.

[ccit]

OK.and I think a simple cmd comammand can help you.

assoc.extention(eg.png)=A.exe=(the software you want to open with)

may it help you.