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  1. Specific app selection not possible...if with the same name!

    Good morning, I use automation software that releases a new version to install every year. Now I have 2 versions of the program installed on my PC: TiaPortalV17 and TiaPortalV18. Each of the programs has its own respective file extensions: .zap17 and .zap18. The programs are installed in these...
  2. Windows 7 Shortcut Key to open files with another program

    hi, Sorry for the confusing title. I could not make it easier to understand. Well, suppose there are two programs installed in my pc to open PDF file. (adobe and foxit) Foxit is set as default program to open pdf files. Now I want to open pdf file with adobe but I dont want to use "open with"...
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    Windows 10 Freeze problem with Chrome (GOOGLE)

    OK, When using Google Chrome, Twitch or YouTube or pretty much anything, my computer will freeze for 40 seconds and then come back. I have been using Microsoft Edge for 2 days and no freezes. (with a little waterfox) SO, now, the only google browser I have installed is Google Chrome portable...
  4. Windows 10 Default Program ?

    Hi Now that I have Windows 10 installed out of the Insider Program, I've found one problem that I can't find a solution for. This isn't a major deal, but I did have this working in the previous install. I want to set WinAmp as my default music player as I did in my last install. The problem...
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    Windows 7 How to change "OpenWith" user preference settings from cmdline?

    As you know some file may be opened by multiple installed programs. Assume I have 3 picture viewers installed for viewing *.jpg files. Currently the default program for opening these *.jpg is "aaa.exe" In the future I want to let the *.jpg open (by double clicking in Windows Explorer) by a...
  6. Windows 8 Graphics file previews instead of default program icon

    Running Win 8.1 (of course), I use Irfanview as my default graphics file viewer/editor. When I view a folder containing graphics files (large icon mode), the icon shown for each file is the Irfanview logo/icon. How do I make Windows show a preview of each file, instead?
  7. Windows 7 Windows 7 not setting default program correctly

    I have been trying to set Firefox as my default player for locally saved .sfw files after I had to reinstall windows. No matter how I go about it, as soon as I browse for Firefox.exe and select it to add it in as a default program, it does not appear like it should. Going through the set...
  8. Windows 7 Cannot set a Default Program

    I need to set Wing 101 as the default program for .py files. I use the traditional method where one goes to right click on the file>open with>choose default program>browse. After locating it in the Program Files, I select the application, but my selection does not save when the directory closes...
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    Windows 7 [SOLVED]Opening Text File Opens Command Prompt Instead

    Hi all: I have the strangest problem. If I double click a .txt file, it opens a Command Prompt window rather than the .txt file! If I use right click, open with, choose default program, the check box for "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is grayed out. If I select...
  10. Windows 8 Can i make just certain files of a type open with a specific program in windows 8?

    The thing is, i open java files with Eclipse by default. Today i wanted to take some notes about Java the programming language which include text and code. I used Notepad++, and with it you can save the file as a wide variety of types, among them java file. I chose this, but since they are...
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    Windows 8 Establishing a default email program when sending images

    Obviously, I am new to Windows 8. When I am at a web site that contains .JPG images, I can right click on the image to forward it to a third party as an email attachment. I have done this in the past using Vista. However, I receive an error message, saying that I do not have a default email...
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    Windows 7 Trouble using "Open With"

    Hi - I am trying to use the "Open With" option in order to open a photo in Photoshop Elements 11. However, I'm having trouble. Just the program will open but it won't automatically open the photo (I can open photos from within the program by going to File - Open just fine). In a...
  13. Windows 7 How to open jar file?

    i have jar file ...i mistaken to open with java 7...how to default it & how to open it? Link Removed Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Open With Issue

    Hello all: Running Win7 Ultimate 64Bit. I recently installed adobe photoshop cs6. When viewing .jpg files in explorer they are associated with windows photoviewer. If I right click on a .jpg file and go to open with, the CS6 executable does not appear, so I select "choose default program"...
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    Windows 7 Unable to send pictures in Windows live mail.

    I am unable to send pictures or documents in Windows Live Mail. I can select to pictures and select e-mail. I get the dialog box but when I hit add it just goes blank. Windows Live Mail is my default e-mail program. I am running windows 7, 64 bit.
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    Windows 7 Problem with OPEN WITH>>>CHOOSE DEFAULT PRGRAM feature of Windows 7

    Hello, The problem I am having occured after I installed a trial version of Office 365. I found that the file association for xls files was still Libre Office. I went to "Open with>>>Choose default program" and made the mistake of going into the C: drive and selecting an .exe called OSPREARM...
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    Windows 7 How to really, really re-assign file extensions to new application?

    At first an important request: Please read my problem carefully. The solution is not as easy at it seems to be at the first glance! Since WinXP I have a problem when I want to re-assign a file extension to another application (=the program which should be used when double clicking on a certain...
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    Windows 7 Unable to set default program / file associations for Google SketchUp

    I'm using W7 Home Premium 32 bit. I can not open Google SketchUp by double clicking on a *.skp file. Trying to set the default program with "Open with...", Default Programs, right click -> Properties, Control Panel, etc - nothing works. I did get something to work. If I logon as a different...
  19. Windows 7 File association problem

    Win 7 Premium, 64-bit, HP Pavilion Quad-core, Sony Vegas, .veg files. The file type association with Sony Vegas (vegas110.exe) is broken. When I go into the Control Panel to select the default program (Sony Vegas) for the type (.veg), I select "vegas110.exe" as the application to start for...
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    Windows 7 Removing entry from Add/remove?

    I have removed a program from my Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit system but its entry still appears in both Win Add/Remove and Revo Uninstaller. I have tried the technique suggested by just about every Google search return for the problem (regedit: HKLM...current version >> uninstall) but the program does...