Posted October 19, 200717 yr thank you now it works thanks a lot. "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote: > Courtesy of Vista User: > Go to help and type "file association" > > Change the program that opens a type of file > > If you double-click a file in Windows and it opens in the wrong software > program, follow these steps to choose the program you would prefer that file > use. You can change this setting for an individual file, or you can tell > Windows to open all files of that same type in the software program you > choose. > > 1.. Open the folder that contains the file you want to change. > > 2.. Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on > the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then > click Choose Default Program. > > 3.. Click the program that you want to use to open this file. > > 4.. Do one of the following: > > a.. If you want all files of that type to open in the same software > program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of > file check box, and then click OK. > > b.. If you want only that file to open in the software program this one > time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file > check box, and then click OK. > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry > "Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:614AD25A-8321-437C-9A00-44DAF812F903@microsoft.com... > > 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? > > >
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