ms word taking over "edit" in html file context menu

[Spacey Spade]

Is there a way to keep MS Word from taking over html file "Edit" in the
context menu, when installing Microsoft Office? I would prefer to use
Notepad, Metapad, or anything else to edit html documents.

I could change it after installing Office, but making a registry file
gets complicated because, for example, Firefox makes html files be of
the type FirefoxHTML (and MS Word puts "Edit" into there).

Thanks,

Spacey

 

[Guest]

open internet explorer goto tools internet options programs and click the
drop down list for html editor and choose which program you want.

 

[Spacey Spade]

I would prefer there be a command line switch for file associations,
but I really don't think there is (see Setup.htm in MS Office CD).

Or even an option in the "custom installation wizard" of the resource
kit, but I don't think there is (so many options I may have
overlooked).

I tried this, but it didn't work, as I expected:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17242
because firefoxhtml key is where the true Edit command resides
but I don't want to make a reg file for this because Firefox may not be
the default browser

I guess I will use this vbs script that works:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmleditor.htm
and perhaps see what it does later to perhaps make a reg file.