File associations not getting saved

[Guest]

Before explaining my problem, I would like to say that I have not registry
access. So editing the registry is beyond question.

My problem is that, recently Windows lost some file associations [not all].
And so whenever I try to open files of those types, it asks me to identify a
program, and then opens it using that. This is quite a labourious process and
so I wanted to know if there is some way I can fix it. One of the file types
is pdf. So everytime I need to select Adobe Reader from the Open With menu
and then open the file.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

I have not registry access

You have no access to using Regedit.exe, or no Permissions to alter certain
registry keys? The file association information is kept under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and limited user accounts have read access by default.
Therefore you need administrative privileges to alter the central file
association settings.

See if this helps:

How to change file associations in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Before explaining my problem, I would like to say that I have not registry
access. So editing the registry is beyond question.

My problem is that, recently Windows lost some file associations [not all].
And so whenever I try to open files of those types, it asks me to identify a
program, and then opens it using that. This is quite a labourious process
and
so I wanted to know if there is some way I can fix it. One of the file types
is pdf. So everytime I need to select Adobe Reader from the Open With menu
and then open the file.