I am trying to redownload a game: bigcityadventuresanfranciscofull.rgp from
Real Arcade and I get the message: "This file does not have a program
associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the
Set Association control panel." I understand about going into the control
panel, finding default programs but don't know what to do next. I can't find
the .rgp extension and do not know how to create it.
I could play this game running XP but when I upgraded to Vista, I can't
redownload it.
Thanks.

[url]http://filext.com/file-extension/rgp[/url]

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Beauregard" <Beauregard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D0B2DE2-6C44-4C44-A37F-42C88E92728C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I am trying to redownload a game: bigcityadventuresanfranciscofull.rgp from
> Real Arcade and I get the message: "This file does not have a program
> associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in
> the
> Set Association control panel." I understand about going into the control
> panel, finding default programs but don't know what to do next. I can't
> find
> the .rgp extension and do not know how to create it.
> I could play this game running XP but when I upgraded to Vista, I can't
> redownload it.
> Thanks.[/color]

Hi,

To my knowledge, .rgp is an arcade game package from Real Networks. Can you
provide the link you got it from?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"Beauregard" <Beauregard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D0B2DE2-6C44-4C44-A37F-42C88E92728C@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I am trying to redownload a game: bigcityadventuresanfranciscofull.rgp from
> Real Arcade and I get the message: "This file does not have a program
> associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in
> the
> Set Association control panel." I understand about going into the control
> panel, finding default programs but don't know what to do next. I can't
> find
> the .rgp extension and do not know how to create it.
> I could play this game running XP but when I upgraded to Vista, I can't
> redownload it.
> Thanks.[/color]

when trying to open an attachment in my emails the message"this file does not have a programe associated with it for performing this action. create an association in the set association control panel" can you please tell where to find what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy

Hi,

Associations are found in the control panel/default programs dialog. Use
"set program access and computer defaults".

What type of attachment is it? You need to have a program on your system
that supports the file type in order to open it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"sandra smith" wrote in message news:20088133352angelsmith@activ8.net.au...[color=blue]
> when trying to open an attachment in my emails the message"this file does
> not have a programe associated with it for performing this action. create
> an association in the set association control panel" can you please tell
> where to find what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:01 -0700, sandra smith wrote:
[color=blue]
> when trying to open an attachment in my emails
> the message"this file does not have a programe
> associated with it for performing this action.
> create an association in the set association
> control panel" can you please tell where to find
> what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]



That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.

The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
install a program, the installation creates something called an
"association" between the program and the extension (the last three
characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
program is designed to handle.

So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
and know that it should use Excel to open it.

If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
installed.

So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
us what the extension of the file is.

By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
attachments:

Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.

Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:01 -0700, sandra smith wrote:
>[color=green]
> > when trying to open an attachment in my emails
> > the message"this file does not have a programe
> > associated with it for performing this action.
> > create an association in the set association
> > control panel" can you please tell where to find
> > what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]
>
>
>
> That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
> when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
> installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.
>
> The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
> install a program, the installation creates something called an
> "association" between the program and the extension (the last three
> characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
> program is designed to handle.
>
> So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
> be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
> you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
> and know that it should use Excel to open it.
>
> If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
> Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
> association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
> message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
> it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
> installed.
>
> So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
> installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
> us what the extension of the file is.
>
> By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
> attachments:
>
> Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
> open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
> of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
> implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
> friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
> to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
> received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
>
> Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> infected.
>
> Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
> trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>[/color]

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:01 -0700, sandra smith wrote:
>[color=green]
> > when trying to open an attachment in my emails
> > the message"this file does not have a programe
> > associated with it for performing this action.
> > create an association in the set association
> > control panel" can you please tell where to find
> > what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]
>
>
>
> That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
> when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
> installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.
>
> The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
> install a program, the installation creates something called an
> "association" between the program and the extension (the last three
> characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
> program is designed to handle.
>
> So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
> be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
> you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
> and know that it should use Excel to open it.
>
> If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
> Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
> association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
> message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
> it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
> installed.
>
> So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
> installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
> us what the extension of the file is.
>
> By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
> attachments:
>
> Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
> open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
> of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
> implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
> friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
> to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
> received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
>
> Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> infected.
>
> Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
> trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> When I plug my card in I get the message:[/color]

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. create an association in set association control panel".

The auto-play box no longer appears. In the error message box there is no
clue as to what the file is, therefore when you go to the 'set association
control panel' there is no reference to F:/.

I've downloaded thousands of images previously via the Windows Live photo
Gallery in Auto-play and as the other poster noted, this error seems only to
have occurred after a Windows update.

I have the same message coming up for exe files as wwell as everything else.
I dont have run as admin or open with options on my right mouse clik menu
anymore. I wish i knew what to do - been looking all over the internet for 2
days now.i have the net and luckily my emails ok , have deleted about 50% of
my data but still happens help meee!! aaaah

"Grem" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:01 -0700, sandra smith wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > when trying to open an attachment in my emails
> > > the message"this file does not have a programe
> > > associated with it for performing this action.
> > > create an association in the set association
> > > control panel" can you please tell where to find
> > > what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]
> >
> >
> >
> > That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
> > when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
> > installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.
> >
> > The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
> > install a program, the installation creates something called an
> > "association" between the program and the extension (the last three
> > characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
> > program is designed to handle.
> >
> > So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
> > be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
> > you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
> > and know that it should use Excel to open it.
> >
> > If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
> > Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
> > association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
> > message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
> > it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
> > installed.
> >
> > So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
> > installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
> > us what the extension of the file is.
> >
> > By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
> > attachments:
> >
> > Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
> > open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
> > of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
> > implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
> > friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
> > to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
> > received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
> >
> > Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> > contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> > you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> > realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> > infected.
> >
> > Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
> > trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> > When I plug my card in I get the message:[/color]
>
> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
> action. create an association in set association control panel".
>
> The auto-play box no longer appears. In the error message box there is no
> clue as to what the file is, therefore when you go to the 'set association
> control panel' there is no reference to F:/.
>
> I've downloaded thousands of images previously via the Windows Live photo
> Gallery in Auto-play and as the other poster noted, this error seems only to
> have occurred after a Windows update.
>[/color]

I have the same message coming up for exe files as wwell as everything else.
I dont have run as admin or open with options on my right mouse clik menu
anymore. I wish i knew what to do - been looking all over the internet for 2
days now.i have the net and luckily my emails ok , have deleted about 50% of
my data but still happens help meee!! aaaah

"Grem" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:01 -0700, sandra smith wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > when trying to open an attachment in my emails
> > > the message"this file does not have a programe
> > > associated with it for performing this action.
> > > create an association in the set association
> > > control panel" can you please tell where to find
> > > what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]
> >
> >
> >
> > That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
> > when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
> > installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.
> >
> > The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
> > install a program, the installation creates something called an
> > "association" between the program and the extension (the last three
> > characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
> > program is designed to handle.
> >
> > So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
> > be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
> > you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
> > and know that it should use Excel to open it.
> >
> > If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
> > Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
> > association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
> > message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
> > it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
> > installed.
> >
> > So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
> > installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
> > us what the extension of the file is.
> >
> > By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
> > attachments:
> >
> > Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
> > open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
> > of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
> > implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
> > friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
> > to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
> > received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.
> >
> > Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> > contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> > you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> > realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> > infected.
> >
> > Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
> > trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> > When I plug my card in I get the message:[/color]
>
> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
> action. create an association in set association control panel".
>
> The auto-play box no longer appears. In the error message box there is no
> clue as to what the file is, therefore when you go to the 'set association
> control panel' there is no reference to F:/.
>
> I've downloaded thousands of images previously via the Windows Live photo
> Gallery in Auto-play and as the other poster noted, this error seems only to
> have occurred after a Windows update.
>[/color]

I hope ... it may helps you

'it’s my Windows Blog Archive How to restore default file
association in Windows Vista' ([url]http://tinyurl.com/68k8t7[/url])


--
Ramesh MVP

RAMESH KUMAR
Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
([url]https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar[/url])
My Blog: 'It's My Windows' ([url]http://itsmywindows.com[/url])
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ramesh MVP's Profile: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17[/url]
View this thread: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18954[/url]

Hi i didnt get very far with this im afraid. Start, run, type regedit and i
get the dreaded boxed message:- this file does not have a programe[color=blue][color=green]
> > associated with it for performing this action.
> > create an association in the set association
> > control panel"[/color][/color]
wits end springs to mind please continue helping me!!

"Ramesh MVP" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I hope ... it may helps you
>
> 'it’s my Windows Blog Archive How to restore default file
> association in Windows Vista' ([url]http://tinyurl.com/68k8t7[/url])
>
>
> --
> Ramesh MVP
>
> RAMESH KUMAR
> Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
> ([url]https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar[/url])
> My Blog: 'It's My Windows' ([url]http://itsmywindows.com[/url])
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ramesh MVP's Profile: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17[/url]
> View this thread: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18954[/url]
>
>[/color]

hi ramesh am still having probs, cant run regedit as i receive the same
annoying message : "this file does not have a programe[color=blue][color=green]
> > associated with it for performing this action.
> > create an association in the set association
> > control panel"[/color][/color]

"Ramesh MVP" wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I hope ... it may helps you
>
> 'it’s my Windows Blog Archive How to restore default file
> association in Windows Vista' ([url]http://tinyurl.com/68k8t7[/url])
>
>
> --
> Ramesh MVP
>
> RAMESH KUMAR
> Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
> ([url]https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar[/url])
> My Blog: 'It's My Windows' ([url]http://itsmywindows.com[/url])
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ramesh MVP's Profile: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17[/url]
> View this thread: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18954[/url]
>
>[/color]

After reading this thread, I'm prompted to suggest that some virus is the
cause. Sounds as if the association for the EXE filetype has been messed
with, and that's a sign of at least two viruses I can think of. Best it
people check for malware before attempting fixes.

[url]http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm[/url]
[url]http://aumha.org/secure.htm[/url]
[url]http://aumha.net[/url] (Forums, including Security-related forums about half way
down the page.)
[url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/[/url]
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware[/url]

Used to be if REGEDIT.EXE wouldn't run, you could change the extension to
COM and it would work. That isn't the case on my Vista system.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
[url]http://grystmill.com[/url]

<sandra smith> wrote in message news:20088133352angelsmith@activ8.net.au...[color=blue]
> when trying to open an attachment in my emails the message"this file does
> not have a programe associated with it for performing this action. create
> an association in the set association control panel" can you please tell
> where to find what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy[/color]

Hi Ramesh,

This is a request to change your handle (to "Ramesh Kumar MVP" or something
else instead of "Ramesh MVP") so people know "Ramesh Srinivasan" and "Ramesh
Kumar" are two different persons. Pls note that I've already changed by
newsgroup handle to reflect my full name.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog [url]http://www.winhelponline.com/blog[/url]


"Ramesh MVP" <Ramesh.MVP.3esqnz@winvistaclub.com> wrote in message
news:Ramesh.MVP.3esqnz@winvistaclub.com...[color=blue]
>
> I hope ... it may helps you
>
> 'it’s my Windows Blog Archive How to restore default file
> association in Windows Vista' ([url]http://tinyurl.com/68k8t7[/url])
>
>
> --
> Ramesh MVP
>
> RAMESH KUMAR
> Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile'
> ([url]https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar[/url])
> My Blog: 'It's My Windows' ([url]http://itsmywindows.com[/url])
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ramesh MVP's Profile: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17[/url]
> View this thread: [url]http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18954[/url]
>[/color]