Icon Associated with an Extension

[Guest]

Hi everyone.
I encountered a problem with my .dat files icon. Altough the file is
correctly associated with notepad, the icon i see the the windows media
player one, and I don't know how to set it back as it was.
This "symptom" started after a friend of mine (who i found out has the same
problem) sent me some files through messenger...
Can anybody help me?
thanks

 

[Jim]

If I understand your question correctly; right click/ open with and choose
the program you want associated with the file.

 

[Guest]

that's not my problem..
the file is correctly associated to the program, but the icon of the file
doesn't match the icon of the program...

 

[Jim]

Right click/ properties/ change icon OR try my previous suggestion and tick
"always use the selected program to open....etc and see if the icon changes.

 

[Guest]

it still doesn't work...but i found the solution by myself yesterday night.
on control panel, folders options, file types, i deleteted the .dat
extension among the registered file types and then i reassociated it the way
you explained me and it worked!
thanks for your help

 

[Jim]

Glad it worked for you, nothing like the satisfaction of working out a
nuisance