Help in restoring a file

[Colin]

I have a .jar file that I wanted to view.

W2000 designates .jar as an 'Unknown Application' so I
viewed it by using the Properties/Opens With/Change
option - in my case I changed it to opens with NotePad.

Now the problem is NotePad has become the default
application for some reason and I can't get the file back
to 'Unknown Application' which I must do or it won't run.

I tried deleting the file and downloaded a new one but
that also defaults to NotePad.

I'm wondering if I have to delete something in the
Registry to get the file back to normal - if I do where do
I look?

If it's not that any idea how I can fix it?

Thanks.

Colin

 

[Dave Patrick]

From a command prompt;
assoc .jar=
to remove the file type association.

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http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| I have a .jar file that I wanted to view.
|
| W2000 designates .jar as an 'Unknown Application' so I
| viewed it by using the Properties/Opens With/Change
| option - in my case I changed it to opens with NotePad.
|
| Now the problem is NotePad has become the default
| application for some reason and I can't get the file back
| to 'Unknown Application' which I must do or it won't run.
|
| I tried deleting the file and downloaded a new one but
| that also defaults to NotePad.
|
| I'm wondering if I have to delete something in the
| Registry to get the file back to normal - if I do where do
| I look?
|
| If it's not that any idea how I can fix it?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Colin
|

 

[MadDog]

-----Original Message-----
I have a .jar file that I wanted to view.

W2000 designates .jar as an 'Unknown Application' so I
viewed it by using the Properties/Opens With/Change
option - in my case I changed it to opens with NotePad.

Now the problem is NotePad has become the default
application for some reason and I can't get the file back
to 'Unknown Application' which I must do or it won't run.

I tried deleting the file and downloaded a new one but
that also defaults to NotePad.

I'm wondering if I have to delete something in the
Registry to get the file back to normal - if I do where do
I look?

If it's not that any idea how I can fix it?

Thanks.

Colin

.

Open Windows Explorer. Choose Tools | Folder Options.
Select the File Types tab. This will give you a list of
what program is associated with the extension. Find the
jar extension and delete it.

Everything should be back to where it was.

MD

 

[jasonr@christech]

Hi,
Some files are packed up in a "suitcase" for example.To open them you need a
compression program such as Winrar or Winzip.

See this link http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
download this program to open your .jar file.

Good Luck and Happy New year!
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[Colin]

Open Windows Explorer. Choose Tools | Folder Options.
Select the File Types tab. This will give you a list of
what program is associated with the extension. Find the
jar extension and delete it.

Well got there in the end. On checking the file types I got a shock not to
see the extension jar in there. So I put it in manualy and immediately got
told NotePad was the associated programme and that I could reset to the
default settings by pressing Change. Well that did the job and after I
removed the jar extension and everythings working fine now.

Thanks to all of you who chipped in - first time I've had something like
this happen.

Happy New Year!

Colin