restore correct icon associated with file

[Marv Raybin]

The original icon next to files of this type (NIB) was the 'unknown' wavy
microsoft flag since it was a binary file of some kind used within Corel
Painter. I decided to right-click and use 'open with...' 'notepad' to see
if it had any text info in it. Unfortunately the 'Always use this program
to open these files' box was checked and now all the 'unknown' icons have
changed to the 'notepad' icon. Any ideas on how to reselect the 'unknown'
icon?

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

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

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| The original icon next to files of this type (NIB) was the 'unknown' wavy
| microsoft flag since it was a binary file of some kind used within Corel
| Painter. I decided to right-click and use 'open with...' 'notepad' to see
| if it had any text info in it. Unfortunately the 'Always use this program
| to open these files' box was checked and now all the 'unknown' icons have
| changed to the 'notepad' icon. Any ideas on how to reselect the 'unknown'
| icon?
|
| Thanks
|
|

 

[Marv Raybin]

This is strange. I did the command and it says 'File association not found
for extension .nib' so I did an 'assoc' and listed all the file extensions
and sure enough .nib was not in the list. Then I thought maybe it doesn't
get moved to the list until the computer is restarted so I tried that and it
is still missing but the 'notepad' icon is still associated with the .nib
files. Any thoughts???

Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

You might have a look in;
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
for a key named 'nib_auto_file' and delete it.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| This is strange. I did the command and it says 'File association not
found
| for extension .nib' so I did an 'assoc' and listed all the file extensions
| and sure enough .nib was not in the list. Then I thought maybe it doesn't
| get moved to the list until the computer is restarted so I tried that and
it
| is still missing but the 'notepad' icon is still associated with the .nib
| files. Any thoughts???
|
| Thanks