[pchelpers] Re: Change Open With in Vista

What do you mean when you say it refuses to use it?

--Scott.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cyril Halbach" <cyril.kr3y@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Change Open With in Vista


Scott McNay wrote:
> You should have a check-box at the bottom to make it the default.  Have 
> you
> tried this, and if so, is it not working?
>
> --Scott.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cyril Halbach" <cyril.kr3y@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:54 PM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Change Open With in Vista
>
>
>

There is a check box which I did check and clicked OK. Nevertheless
Vista would not accept it. and the next screen deleted it from the
browse input screen.

  Cy
> In Vista I have had no success in getting it to accept editpad.exe as
> the default program to open .txt files.
> I use Open With to browse to the file and select editpad.exe it but
> Vista refuses to accept that as the  program to use.
>
> Has anyone been able to make it work?
>
>   Cy
>
>




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