as i told you... after my reboot after i delete the .doc key in my regedit,
my file .doc had still associated with winword.exe and with the good path, so
when i try to change it, it change nothing because its already associat

"db" wrote:

> ok,
>
> well that is a good sign
> because now those particular
> files are no longer accessible
> by that "odd" program.
>
> so now you can re program
> the files to open with the
> correct program.
>
> -------------------------
>
> what you can do is
> to open the explorer
>
> find any file with the
> extensions you mentioned
>
> then right click on the
> file
>
> select "open with"
>
> and assigned/associate
> a program to that file type.
>
> also look for the check
> box that indicates "always"
> use the program for that
> file.
>
> incidentally, I would manually
> find the program to assign the
> file types,
>
> instead of choosing it from
> the listing.
>
> this way you can be absolutely
> positive that the correct program
> is assigned to the file.
>
> the problem may be that if
> you select the program from
> the convenient listing,
>
> it too may be linked to the
> undesired program, which
> will revert you back to square
> one with the problem.
>
>
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