Changing "Always use this program to open this type file" setting

[Guest]

When downloading a zipped file I used the "Always use this program to open
this type file" setting and then accidentally chose the wrong program. Now
every time I try to download a zipped file it is downloaded as a different
type file and is unusable. After selecting the wrong program, the choice line
turned light grey and will not re-open. How can I undo this wrong choice?

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

To edit a file association, follow these steps:
1. Choose Start | Control Panel, click Appearance And Themes, and run Folder Options. You see the
Folder Options dialog box. (You can also display this dialog box by choosing Tools | Folder Options
from any Explorer window.)
2. Click the File Types tab.
3. In the Registered File Types list, click the type of file you want to associate with a program.
(Scroll down the list--it's long.) When you select a file type, more information about that file
type appears in the Details For File Type box. You also see two buttons: Change (to associate one
program with the file type) and Advanced (to associate multiple programs with the file type).
4. To see or change which program Windows runs to open this type of file, click Change. You see the
Open With dialog box. Select the program to run or click the Click Here link (in "If the program is
not in the list, click here") to find the program file. Then click OK. Close the Open With and
Folder Options dialog boxes.
Windows now knows to run the program you specified when you open a file of this type.



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