.hta Extension Not Recognized

[Joseph Geretz]

Any idea why Windows is not recognizing the .hta file extension? This is
some sort of AutoStart HTML file which is included on many Microsoft product
CD's and DVD's. I manually set it to open with IE but it still shows an
unknown application icon and I get prompted whether I want to run the
unknown application when I click on it.

I'm running a relatively fresh (2 weeks) copy of Windows XP Professional
SP2. I have the latest MS Office installed, as well as latest .NET framework
and Visual Studio.

Thanks for your advice.

- Joe Geretz -

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes, HTA File Association Fix. Download the ZIP and extract the REG file inside. Double click the REG file and answer yes to the import prompt.

 

[Joseph Geretz]

I reassociated this to mshta.exe and now it's working better.

- Joe Geretz -