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Change Or Re-create File Associations In Windows XP.

When you have a File that won't open or you get an error telling you that there is No Program available to open the file try the following.  Right Click on the file in question and select Open With and then Choose Program (As shown in Figure A.)

Windows XP displays a dialog box that indicates that no program is associated with this file. The dialog box offers two choices for creating an association (As shown in Figure B.)

• Use the Web service to find the appropriate program

• Select the program from a list as Shown in Figure B.

Unless you want to find and download software that opens this file type, the best choice is to select the program from a list.

Windows displays a dialog box that displays programs that are installed on the computer (Figure C.) . If the program that you want to use for this file type is not listed, click Browse ( Figure B) to locate the appropriate software. Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition

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