default programs

This is the message I get when I try to open all of my programs. I cant use .cmd. this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the default programs control panel. Does anyone...

Can someone please tell me how to remove IE from my default program list?:mad:

Hi Until recently my computer would open image files with Adobe Photoshop and Preview them using Windows Photo Viewer. This is the way it has worked in Windows 7 as long as I have been using it. This worked great because Photo Viewer open almost instantly and Photoshop takes forever! About a...

Every time I touch my laptop in the wrong place the DVD drive opens. That's annoying. But not half as annoying as the fact that, when I close the drive, Windows Media Player interrupts whatever it's doing to start whatever disk in it. I have AutoPlay in Control Panel set for "Take no action" in...

I tried to open a simple pdf file in Windows Live Mail but this super Windows 7 says there is no program associated to open it? It says to go the default programs section. So I did but even though I have Adobe Reader #10 installed it, of course, is not on the list of programs. Then, there is...

Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong thread, and for the general newbieness of my situation. I removed the Win 7 Home Security 2011 rogue antispyware using this guide: Link Removed This involves manually editing the registry, which I had not done before. I believe I have removed the virus, but I...

I have been using a Vista Computer which came with a multimedia keyboard. The multimedia keys can be easily programmed in the Keyboard item in the Control Panel. This works very well and lets me choose Eudora for the email program and call up the Character Map with the Calculator multimedia...

OK I somehow choice my power2go program as the default program for all my programs. All my icons turned to power2go icon, I have done this before and in the past I would delete the program causing this (power2go) and the problem would be solved. I did this and nothing happened, the program was...

Hi - I am Running Windows 7, MS Outlook and Nokia PCSuite. Until recently I was able to sync my nokia with Outlook and then view a report through the Nokia Viewer. The generated file is in a lml format. Now, when I go to this report it seems to create a temp html file and opens it in a another...

I have broken many rules in terms of computing and will probably continue to do so. For example on Windows computers you are not supposed to remove Internet Explorer web browser.Because if you do,Windows could stop working,but I have removed Internet Explorer and this has not effected my...

I have a lg netbook with Windows 7 starter. I don't know how, but somehow it happened that the software that opens Lnk files (meet shortcuts) by default is internet explorer. I know it is strange, that there should be any software That opens files of shortcuts ... But I like that this computer...

I'm having a problem and I don't know if it is a Windows 7 issue or an InfoPath issue. After my company upgraded to Windows 7, none of our InfoPath forms that have a submit button will work. When a user presses the submit button an error message appears that says Outlook is not the default...

In my pictures I "right click" and try sending in email and I get this error message stating, "There is no email program associated to perform the requested action. Please install an email program...." I use gmail. How do I cause that program to come up automatically when trying to right...

I installed a CAD program that reset the .SCR file type to open with Notepad. The .SCR is used with Screen Savers and I cannot initiate the Screen Saver that I use, it wants to open in Notepad and not execute. How do I remove or reset the file type protocol to a specific program? There are...

i wanted to veiw my webcam in a feed on my desktop so i tried to open it through windows media. didnt work. but then once i get back to my desktop i realized the icon for every file everywhere on my desktop, taskbar, start menu, folders. is an mp3 icon and now it tries to open everything through...

Hello all, I have installed windows 7 in one of my machines and installed the live software recommended to replace outlook and sync my phone and PDA and I am having the following problem: I can sync the "my documents" folder but the darn thing tells me that outlook is not installed and that...

When I insert a blank dvd, I made the setting so that everytime I did, autoplay would start windows dvd maker. However, now an error message pops up saying, "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed...

I recently installed foobar2000 which brings up the Set Default Programs interface to handle file associations. I've never used it before, so it's likely that this problem was around for a while. At any rate, for *every* program, while I can select new file associations I can't deselect already...

This is going to be an easy fix I know but nearly every icon on my desktop changed to a windows media icon and if I launch any exe file, windows media launches instead. This happend whilst download/installing yahoo messenger. I have looked through defaults and cant find a fix. I created a new...

Hi All, OK, so here's the problem. I've installed Office 2010 64-bit, but since I have one important add-in not compatible with Word 2010 64-bit, I've installed my old Word 2007--it was installed fine, but... Both Word 2010 and 2007 are installed in different folders, and I can run them. Both...