reg frag

[Scott]

Guys I want to make mspaint the default application for opening bmp files on
a machine basis, what reg key do i need to edit?

Thanks

 

[Peter Foldes]

Right click a bmp and select Open With. Then select Paint and select always open
with

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Guys I want to make mspaint the default application for opening bmp files on
a machine basis, what reg key do i need to edit?

Do not edit the registry. Simply right-click *any* .bmp file, click
"Open with," choose Paint, and be sure to check the box "Always use
this program..."

 

[Scott]

I have 80 computers to do on

Do not edit the registry. Simply right-click *any* .bmp file, click
"Open with," choose Paint, and be sure to check the box "Always use
this program..."

 

[Peter Foldes]

Suggest you get started. Need info on the setup of the 80 (network from single
server,etc,etc,etc)

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I have 80 computers to do on

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have 80 computers to do on

It shouldn't take as much as a minute on each of the computers. Even
allowing for walking from computer to computer, its probably no more
than and hour and a half or so in total.

If I were you, I would put any .bmp file on a thumb drive or CD, then
take it to each of the 80 computers and do what I said below 80 times.
It's likely to be much faster than the time you would spend looking
for another way, trying it, finding out that it didn't work the way
you thought it would, fixing the problems that resulted, etc.

 

[Scott]

computers winxp clients on win2k domain

Suggest you get started. Need info on the setup of the 80 (network from
single server,etc,etc,etc)

 

[Peter Foldes]

Best way as Ken and myself posted. Read Ken's last post at 5:43PM today in this
thread

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Best way as Ken and myself posted. Read Ken's last post at 5:43PM today in this
thread

LOL! 5:43 on your time zone, but not mine. So, I can tell that you are
located on the east coast of the USA. <vbg>

 

[Peter Foldes]

 

[John John - MVP]

In a .bat file:

assoc .bmp=bmpfile
ftype bmpfile=%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe %1

John

I have 80 computers to do on

 

[Scott]

Thanks John.......Is there a way I can execute this from a single machine?

In a .bat file:

assoc .bmp=bmpfile
ftype bmpfile=%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe %1

John

 

[John John - MVP]

80 machines so you must have a domain? Push it in a logon or startup
script. You're not going to tell me that the machines are all stand
alones or that they are loosely arranged in a workgroup?

John

 

[Scott]

They Are on a domain

80 machines so you must have a domain? Push it in a logon or startup
script. You're not going to tell me that the machines are all stand
alones or that they are loosely arranged in a workgroup?

John

 

[John John - MVP]

Push it in your Group Policies.

John

They Are on a domain