You cannot change an association for a file type or protocol and leave it blank or disassociated. You must select a new program. The options you set here only apply to your user account. Your choices won't affect other user accounts on this computer.
Did you find this helpful? Yes No. Not accurate. In Windows 7 there no longer is a way of doing this in the Windows Explorer UI, but the simple workaround is to do the following: 1. Double-click on a file that has the new file extension. Choose the "Select a program from a list of installed programs" option and click OK. Post Views: 1, Join Our Newsletter Learn about the latest security threats, system optimization tricks, and the hottest new technologies in the industry.
For example, when you open a Web browser , it may ask if you want it to be the default program for all Web-related files. If you select "Yes," the program will update all the corresponding file associations for you. Similarly, some software installers automatically configure the newly installed program as the default program for each file types it supports.
If either of these changes occur, you can use one of the two methods above to override the changes and choose your preferred program for each file type. Home Help Center Question. How do I change file associations in Windows 7?
Updated June 14, From that point forward it is associated. No need to dig into the registry. Michael Michael 63 4 4 bronze badges. If 'open with' is available after right clicking, it's pretty straight forward.
If not Type 'default programs' into start menu, then select 'set associations'. I don't know why MS decides to sometimes take away the 'open with' option The option is only there if Windows knows of any program that can open the file.
Not all files types are associated with a program in the first place. Kenny83 Kenny83 5 5 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. The programmers they employ often do really know their stuff, but Microsoft, as you mentioned, assumes their users can't make technical decisions. That is because when you are a massive company that sells to the majority of the world, you have to pander to the lowest denomination.
The displeasure you have from Microsoft doing this is the displeasure of the intelligent surrounded by the ignorant, and those who pander to the ignorant. The fact of the matter is, there is more money to be had from the dumb then the wise. And so, to sell to the wise would be dumb. Counterpoint: Power users know or can quickly discover all the workarounds, and either find or write scripts to automate what UIs do.
Microsoft gets advanced users complaining about unnecessary UI, and then other advanced users complaining when they remove it; they're in a no-win situation and always will be. The problem with SilverbackNet's argument as valid as it may be is that some of us are technical enough to avoid using Windows as much as possible, but then when we have to, everything's a convoluted, multi-stepped, download-commerical-software-for-stuff-Linux-does-for-free, clustersmeg. As a result, I once saw a colleague throw a laptop in frustration.
The boss' response? Just expense out a replacement. I hear the shell doesn't suck so much anymore. How do you think non-Linux people feel when they step into Linux? You have to look for and build a combination of software that may or may not build cleanly on current toolchains if it ever did for something that was a turn-key solution before. That's how moving systems is, you have to adjust expectations and become fluent. The Overflow Blog.
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