M
Morgan
I was JUST about to ask that question, so thanks for the preemptive response!
Well, thanks for the knowledge, anyway - that was a truly stupid thing for
MS to get rid of. There have been a lot of improvements to the access of
"high level" settings and information with Vista that I really like - the new
MMC is great, for example - but this is an example of a significant loss.
"Keith Miller MVP" wrote:
> I'm not happy with the loss of the File Types dialog either. There are now
> a lot of things that can only be done via regedit, i.e. change the default
> action for .reg & .vbs files to 'Edit' rather than 'Open'
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "lforbes" <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15FA8E79-C282-4D98-B231-A3BE07EE6274@microsoft.com...
> > THANK YOU - This and quite a few other things were driving me nuts. As a
> > Network Admin I have to know all the ins and outs of an OS before I deploy
> > it. I find that the learning curve on Vista is straight up. I haven't seen
> > such a change in an OS since Windows 3.11 to Windows NT. At least with NT
> > most of the areas were the same with 2000 and XP. Now with Vista
> > everything
> > has moved or been rearranged.
> >
> > Slowly I am figuring out the hacks - etc.
> >
> > I guess I should take some serious time and explore the Control Panel.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lara
> >
> > "Adam Albright" wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:15:05 -0800, lforbes
> >> <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >It may have moved but I have looked for it with no luck. Where did the
> >> >ability to manually create or edit File Types go? Often file types get
> >> >corrupted. I can go into File Types Manager and delete the type and
> >> >recreate.
> >> >Sometimes software like Adobe Photoshop steals all the file types
> >> >without my
> >> >permission and I have to put them back manually.
> >> >
> >> >Right clicking and choosing "always use this program to open this
> >> >document"
> >> >is not good enough for me because it isn't a hard code but a soft one.
> >> >I
> >> >want to be able to edit the file types directly. I have a lot of server
> >> >run
> >> >only software that isn't installed locally.
> >> >
> >> >I also change my shortcuts to my file types depending on what type they
> >> >are
> >> >Eg. Gif have different pictures than jpg even though they are opened by
> >> >the
> >> >same software.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks
> >> >Lara
> >>
> >> For "hard core" types (me too) go to Control Panel pick Default
> >> Programs. Odd choice for a name maybe for those of us use to finding
> >> this in Windows Explorer in XP.
> >>
> >> Anyway, a new somewhat more dressed up way to look at and change file
> >> associations and change default program actions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
Well, thanks for the knowledge, anyway - that was a truly stupid thing for
MS to get rid of. There have been a lot of improvements to the access of
"high level" settings and information with Vista that I really like - the new
MMC is great, for example - but this is an example of a significant loss.
"Keith Miller MVP" wrote:
> I'm not happy with the loss of the File Types dialog either. There are now
> a lot of things that can only be done via regedit, i.e. change the default
> action for .reg & .vbs files to 'Edit' rather than 'Open'
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "lforbes" <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15FA8E79-C282-4D98-B231-A3BE07EE6274@microsoft.com...
> > THANK YOU - This and quite a few other things were driving me nuts. As a
> > Network Admin I have to know all the ins and outs of an OS before I deploy
> > it. I find that the learning curve on Vista is straight up. I haven't seen
> > such a change in an OS since Windows 3.11 to Windows NT. At least with NT
> > most of the areas were the same with 2000 and XP. Now with Vista
> > everything
> > has moved or been rearranged.
> >
> > Slowly I am figuring out the hacks - etc.
> >
> > I guess I should take some serious time and explore the Control Panel.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lara
> >
> > "Adam Albright" wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:15:05 -0800, lforbes
> >> <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >It may have moved but I have looked for it with no luck. Where did the
> >> >ability to manually create or edit File Types go? Often file types get
> >> >corrupted. I can go into File Types Manager and delete the type and
> >> >recreate.
> >> >Sometimes software like Adobe Photoshop steals all the file types
> >> >without my
> >> >permission and I have to put them back manually.
> >> >
> >> >Right clicking and choosing "always use this program to open this
> >> >document"
> >> >is not good enough for me because it isn't a hard code but a soft one.
> >> >I
> >> >want to be able to edit the file types directly. I have a lot of server
> >> >run
> >> >only software that isn't installed locally.
> >> >
> >> >I also change my shortcuts to my file types depending on what type they
> >> >are
> >> >Eg. Gif have different pictures than jpg even though they are opened by
> >> >the
> >> >same software.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks
> >> >Lara
> >>
> >> For "hard core" types (me too) go to Control Panel pick Default
> >> Programs. Odd choice for a name maybe for those of us use to finding
> >> this in Windows Explorer in XP.
> >>
> >> Anyway, a new somewhat more dressed up way to look at and change file
> >> associations and change default program actions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>