Comments on: Vista: Associate a File Type with a Specific Program

By: Chriswmaine

Chriswmaine — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:05:00 +0000

Thank you!!! Crazy stuff.

By: Lonestar316

Lonestar316 — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:46:00 +0000

help help help i keep getting this message THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS TASK CREATE AN ASSOCUIATION IN SET ASSOCIATION CONTROL PANEL IVE DONE THE DEFAULT PROGRAM THING BUT DONT KNOW WHICH TO CHANGE PLEASE HELP

By: Wercs

Wercs — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:44:00 +0000

I had a similar problem where the program I wanted to associate with a file type would not show up in the dialogue box of options. I eventually tracked it down to an error in the path pointing to the program I wanted, located in the HKEY_USERS / Applications section of the registry. Once the path was corrected the program was available to select.

By: Qmtb Uk

Qmtb Uk — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:27:00 +0000

All I wish to know is how do i add this file PICCLP32,OCX that is missing from download software

By: david

david — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:27:00 +0000

I found a way to fix the problem, but not what I asked for above.

My system had some benchmarks ( not quite the right term but I forget the right one :( ) , it’s part of the operating system as windows updates are applied, etc., and I just restored back to the last one, which happened to be from the night before. Problem solved.

Sorry not to give more detail, it’s been a month.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:45:00 +0000

same problem with me. Did you get any answers?

By: david

david — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:28:00 +0000

I was hit with the ave.exe virus and it appears to have trashed the file associations to .exe files.

I’m trying to re-associate exe files to the correct file type association. (I can run some ,but not all, exe programs with run as administrator, but can’t run them directly.)

What windows program do I choose when I associate a file type of exe?

And how do I do it? (regedt32.exe is one of the programs I can’t run using the run as trick. :( )

By: alexx

alexx — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:00 +0000

how do you create an association in the association control panel?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:46:00 +0000

Duh…
You just double click to file with new extension and select “Select a program from a list of installed programs”.
It is so obvious and easy…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:28:00 +0000

how do i set the program to nothing