RE: setting the association in control panel

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"Alex" wrote:

> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?
 
On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:00 -0700, John Redmond <John
Redmond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>"Alex" wrote:
>
>> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
>> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
>> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
>> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?

Any attachment is just some file type. Common ones like popular image
file formats generally open without problem in Vista's default
program Photo Gallery.

If you get sent something unusual, you need to tell Vista what to do
with it. If it can do anything at all depends on if or not you have
some application on your system that understands the file format of
the attachment.

It would help to know WHAT you were sent. A document, a PDF, some
image (be specific as to file type), etc..
 
DL the file, R-Click it, and then use Open With to associate the file with a
program.

Buddha

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> "Alex" wrote:
>
>> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
>> to
>> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
>> A
>> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
>> ASSOCIATION
>> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?
 
Which file type are you trying to open? See the tutorial here:

Error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action" opening email attachments - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-this-file-does-not-have-a-program-associated-with-it/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com

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"Alex" wrote:

> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?
 
On May 19, 6:27 pm, Adam Albright <A...@ABC.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:00 -0700, John Redmond <John
>
> Redm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >"Alex" wrote:
>
> >> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> >> open it to view it it comes an error message of,  THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> >> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> >> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?
>
> Any attachment is just some file type. Common ones like popular image
> file formats generally open without problem in Vista's default
> program Photo Gallery.
>
> If you get sent something unusual, you need to tell Vista what to do
> with it. If it can do anything at all depends on if or not you have
> some application on your system that understands the file format of
> the attachment.
>
> It would help to know WHAT you were sent. A document, a PDF, some
> image (be specific as to file type), etc..
 
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