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[Andrea]

On Vista has been removed the File Type tabs in which was possible to manage
the extensions and the editing progrmas.
I noticed that exist a tool that costs 18$ that from the other things
comphrends an editor to change this, but is it really possibile that the ne
OS simply eliminated an usefull function like that?

Modifying manually the registry like windows XP doesn't work.

Any Idea?

Andrea

 

[Chad Harris]

Andrea--

It hasn't disappeared in Vista.

Try typing the command control folders into either the search box above the
Start button, run box if you like, or make a combo run box and ie address
bar in your task bar to save time by right clicking taskbar>toolbars>address
and then left mouse button down pull at the seam.

Then the View tab options are the same as in XP. On the Folder Options
dialogue box you can set the number of clics to open an item.

To change the program that opens a type of file:

If you double-click a file in Windows and it opens in the wrong software
program, follow these steps to choose the program you would prefer that file
use. You can change this setting for an individual file, or you can tell
Windows to open all files of that same type in the software program you
choose.

Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.

Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on the
type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then click
Choose Default Program.

Click the program that you want to use to open this file.

Do one of the following:

If you want all files of that type to open in the same software program,
select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check
box, and then click OK.

If you want only that file to open in the software program this one time,
clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check
box, and then click OK.

CH

 

[Andrea]

I don't want to set the number of clicks ... but the program to wich open an
extension, another one to which edit doc and so on.
Open the folder option in XP and have a look at the File Type Tab. In Vista
it's evanished.

Andrea

 

[Tom Porterfield]

On Vista has been removed the File Type tabs in which was possible to
manage the extensions and the editing progrmas.
I noticed that exist a tool that costs 18$ that from the other things
comphrends an editor to change this, but is it really possibile that the
ne OS simply eliminated an usefull function like that?

Modifying manually the registry like windows XP doesn't work.

Find a file that you want to modify the editor for that file type. Right
click on the and select "Open With...". From there you can expand the list
of other programs, or if you don't see what you want there click the Browse
button and browse for the application to use. If you want to always use the
new application you have selected, check the box that states to always use
the selected program. You could do it this way in XP as well.

See
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/fc9c8319-2b6f-40cc-8dd6-e6797a92ab9c1033.mspx
for more info.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I don't want to set the number of clicks ... but the program to wich open
an extension, another one to which edit doc and so on.
Open the folder option in XP and have a look at the File Type Tab. In
Vista it's evanished.

Yes, it is no longer done that way in Vista. In Vista you right click on a
file of the type you want to change and select Open With... There you can
choose the program to use instead of the one that is currently being used,
and set the new one as default if that is your desire. Refer to
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/fc9c8319-2b6f-40cc-8dd6-e6797a92ab9c1033.mspx.

 

[Andrea]

Find a file that you want to modify the editor for that file type. Right

click on the and select "Open With...". From there you can expand the
list

Open with is completely different from the file type association and edit
command that was possible in XP or in 2000.
Certain the result is the same, but was more praticse has an edit this file
directly in the main context menu, instead open the sub -level and choose
the program you want to use to open the file through the open with.

Andrea

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Open with is completely different from the file type association and edit
command that was possible in XP or in 2000.
Certain the result is the same, but was more praticse has an edit this
file directly in the main context menu, instead open the sub -level and
choose the program you want to use to open the file through the open with.

I didn't say it was the same, but it is how it is accomplished in Vista. As
you say, the result is the same.

 

[Chad Harris]

I don't know what you mean here Andrea. I didn't say anything about setting
numbers of clicks. I essentially copied the relevant parts of the help page
that Tom Porterfield linked for Vista Help.

If you use Vista Help as a *reflex you'll get answers to many of your
questions. It's defaulted on the Start menu of Vista.

Good luck,

CH

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[Andrea]

Yeah, but disappoint the way it has been done. I hope they restore in the
SP1.

Bye
Andrea

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Yes, it is no longer done that way in Vista. In Vista you right click on
a file of the type you want to change and select Open With... There you
can choose the program to use instead of the one that is currently being
used, and set the new one as default if that is your desire. Refer to
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/fc9c8319-2b6f-40cc-8dd6-e6797a92ab9c1033.mspx.

This is not what he/she wants, as the File Types tab in XP has a lot more
functions than just changing the default program.

I wrote about this before, when I was trying to add Dreamweaver to IE7 as
the default HTML editor.

The only way that I have found so far, to get the same options as in XP is
to use the program that the OP mentioned. It actually has a couple of extra
functions which are very nice, like locking.

It is part of a power tool suite, but I am not so keen on most of the other
stuff, and nor do I like the way the tools are accessed. If there is a
program that is just like the File Type Doctor element, I would like to know
about it.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-500

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Andrea--

It hasn't disappeared in Vista.

It has. How can you edit the context menu with the method you have
described, or any other available method within Vista itself?

ss.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

I too miss the advanced options available, but manual editing of the
registry does still work. If you post more specific questions along those
lines, we can get you edit option added.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_Wikstr=F6m?=]

I didn't say it was the same, but it is how it is accomplished in Vista. As
you say, the result is the same.

Actually it's not, by editing the context-menu you got more control. For
example I could make a menu-item which started the same application as
when I just double-click but with an added command-line argument. To get
the same effect now, you must either start the application from Start->
Run or such, or start the application and use some mechanism there to
get the same result (if possible).

 

[Chad Harris]

Andrea, if you're disappointed and want to see changes in SP1, then tell the
shell team 'causse they be the ones who be doin' it.

Just click the contact button on their blog and give them an earful of how
you want it designed. The result is the same.

http://shellrevealed.com/

CH

 

[Chad Harris]

I put in the run command for Vista yesterday--type control folders in run.

CH

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

The result is the same??? So how do you change the default action for .reg
files from 'merge' to 'edit' in the new interface?

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I put in the run command for Vista yesterday--type control folders in run.

What good is that??

ss.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

The result is the same??? So how do you change the default action for
.reg files from 'merge' to 'edit' in the new interface?

MS removed it because file types was not much more than a glorified registry
editor. Many users were messing up file associations (just spend some time
in the XP groups and you'll see this) due to misuse of the file types tab.
If you need to make those types of tweaks, and you know what you are doing,
then you create reg file or use the regedit interface for make your changes.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

MS removed it because file types was not much more than a glorified
registry editor.

You could say that about anything in Control Panel.

ss.

 

[Michael Cecil]

You could say that about anything in Control Panel.

They thought removing the filetype tab would somehow *reduce* registry
screw ups? All it will do is force more people to muck around in the
registry and *increase* the screw ups.

Oh well, one look at the disaster that is WinSxS and you know that Vista
is one big stinking kludge-pile.