file extensions

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 and happy new year! I found some valuable files of mine (suddenly and luckily) using a linux laptop. I want to restore them on windows. I saved them on an external hard disk and moved them on Windows 7 laptop but I have no idea how to restore them. In Linux they were readable and playable...

I am trying to use the windows search function to find files with the .xm extension. When I type ext:.xm or fileext:.xm it returns .xml files of which there are thousands on my computer. How do I get the search to only return .xm files? Thanks in advance for the help.

Can anyone tell me what an AVI.index file is, or how about a jpg.file. Every time I move a picture, video, or audio file from folder to folder these index files and jpg.files go too. If I upload 300 pictures to a folder it ends up with 600 files in it, one jpg.file for every pic, one AVI.index...

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'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)...

I tried to associate the file extension .txt to a new editor program with the well known cmdline programs ASSOC and FTYPE. No, assigning them through WinExplorer menu does not work. But this is another problem which should not discussed here. When I type now one of the following...

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...

As Title says .txt files are opening with Cmd. Tryed to open with... and select a default program but i cant check the box. Problem started when i tryed to open a file that was ending in .bat.txt or something and was trying cmd to open it -_-

Windows 7 File Search Indexing Options The built-in search feature in Windows 7 is significantly better than the horrible search options in Windows XP. Instead of installing a third-party program like Google Desktop to search for files on inside files on your computer, you can now do it with...

I'm trying to copy a series of files from my old XP machine to the new Win 7 machine. I've turned off User access control, I made myself the owner of the machine, etc., the files on the old machine have no permissions preventing the copying. I am the owner of both machines and there is no...

Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post but having looked around seemed best to me. My mothers computer recently failed. She had Vista installed on a striped raid array, unfortunately one of the disks failed, and she never thought to backup any of her data. However on the disk that...

I am really surprised that this function (sort by file Extension) didn't add to windows 7 :eek:, So when I use xp I used small free tool called cpext but when I try to add it with windows 7 nothing happen So I need this tool or any alternative do the same job (add option to sort by...

Hello all, I am currently looking for a way to make windows 7 always hide *.sfk, sfl, and .vf.bak files which sony vegas creates everytime you save a video file. When you do a bunch of video editing and audio mixing it puts these files in the same folder as my renders Its very annoying...

When searching in Windows Explorer I've noticed that it gives you "date modified" and "size" as two search filters that you can click and add to the search box. Besides those two I was able to use a semi-colon to separate the "date modified," for instance, and at in *.extension. I've even added...

Does windows 7 has a tool to read or export command lines supported by .exe files ? I wanted to find the command for a player to load file, and other commands if possible. If such tool done exist in windows 7, where can i get one ? Thanks in advance :) Reason why i ask is because using CMD...

When i want to install java i get error 1719 "error 1719. the windows installer service could not be accessed" IF i try to install adobe flash player i get the error "can not register" When i run registry booster there are 21 errors i can't fix Entry...

Hi all, I notice on my new installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits that some programs do not save their preferences (options), as when I close and run them again the new preferences are still the old ones instead of the changed. --------------------------- EDIT 20091122: I correct myself, only the...

In Windows operating system such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000 or Windows Me, when user right clicks on a file with registered file type in Windows Explorer user can use the “Open Withâ€Â￾ command...

I have two computers, computer A and Computer B, both with windows 7. Folder A is on the hard drive on Computer A. Folder B is on the hardrive on computer B. The computers are networked. Before the first time sync the contents of computer A folder A is say a b c d e Before the first time...