Associate file type with program

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Glad you got it resolved, Wilbour.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Hi again Ramesh,

Sorry for the delay. I did learn about ERUNT, and did the backup. It
seems
to be a very good tool to have.

I changed the CLSID to {CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}, as I
understood you suggested. It resulted in that IE did not launch "PDF
Converter 3", and tried to open Acrobat 4, but failed. Instead I got two
error messages:

Could not launch Acrobat
An internal error has occurred

I then tried your alternative suggestion, and just re-installed Acrobat 4.
That solved the problem.

I had hoped our exercise would have taught me how to do it some other way,
but at least I learnt one way to do it. I of course also learnt about a
few
other things like ERUNT.


Thank you for all your help


Wilbour

Acrobat Reader 4 sets the CLSID to {CA8A9780-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}

And creates this REG setting.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Exe]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Acrobat 4.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe\""

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If this setting does not help in your case, see if reinstalling Acrobat
Reader 4 (on top) helps. Before that do a complete backup of the
registry.


[ERUNT] Registry Backup and Restore for Windows
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

[ERUNT Download URLs]
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe

[Installing & Using ERUNT]
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt