default programs

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...

Is there a way to change the default result in start menu when searching for specific keyword? I want that the first program listed will be MediaMonkey when i search for "media" and not VLC media player... (I know i can write "mediamonkey" or go with the arrows, but that's not acceptable for me;))

I selected a default program and didn't realize that that was checked so adobe reader 9.1 is used in trying to open any and all files and program. I cannot even get in to some of my control programs to fix it. Is there anyway to fix this, I can't restore my computer because system restore opens...

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...

Hi Everyone, I have a very frustrating problem. I have Windows 7, when I open or download a file it comes up with Microsoft Works Word Processor (default) and then a pop up that saids: Works cannot open....files name and then:The file may be in use by another application, the...

When I go under Open With and select Choose default Program I get this message: "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. " Now it...

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...

I'm trying to get a good Win XP routine to work in my new Win7 Pro 32-bit OS. I need to open a document with an application in a non-conventional way. I'm encountering two problems. In Win XP you could specify one or more applications to open a file type (i.e., a file of certain extension)...

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...

My MS Office programs are not recognised by Windows 7. I can only open the files through the application i.e. open MSWord and then open the file from MSWord. I've tried correcting this with 'set your sdefault programs', but MS Office programs are not listed and in fact very few programs are...

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...

Hi, a while ago a system tools type package changed my default program for opening .bat files. I have tried lots of things to fix this but my system simply cannot execute .bat files. I converted one of my .bat files to exe to see if it works so there isnt anything wrong with the files...

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...