hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?

Courtesy of Vista User:
Go to help and type "file association"

Change the program that opens a type of file

If you double-click a file in Windows and it opens in the wrong software
program, follow these steps to choose the program you would prefer that file
use. You can change this setting for an individual file, or you can tell
Windows to open all files of that same type in the software program you
choose.

1.. Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.

2.. Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on
the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then
click Choose Default Program.

3.. Click the program that you want to use to open this file.

4.. Do one of the following:

a.. If you want all files of that type to open in the same software
program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of
file check box, and then click OK.

b.. If you want only that file to open in the software program this one
time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file
check box, and then click OK.
--
Andre
Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
[url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
"Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:614AD25A-8321-437C-9A00-44DAF812F903@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
> to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
> A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
> ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]

If you don't have an association for a particular file you likely do not
have what you need to open the file. You either need the same program on
your computer, used to create the file, or you need an alternative that can
handle that particular file association. Just associating any program with a
file is not going to do you any good at all.

So, maybe if you told us the file extension we could assist you in locating
the program you need to open the file.

--

Regards,

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



"Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:614AD25A-8321-437C-9A00-44DAF812F903@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
> to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
> A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
> ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]

thank you now it works thanks a lot.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Courtesy of Vista User:
> Go to help and type "file association"
>
> Change the program that opens a type of file
>
> If you double-click a file in Windows and it opens in the wrong software
> program, follow these steps to choose the program you would prefer that file
> use. You can change this setting for an individual file, or you can tell
> Windows to open all files of that same type in the software program you
> choose.
>
> 1.. Open the folder that contains the file you want to change.
>
> 2.. Right-click the file that you want to change, and then, depending on
> the type of file, either click Open With or point to Open With and then
> click Choose Default Program.
>
> 3.. Click the program that you want to use to open this file.
>
> 4.. Do one of the following:
>
> a.. If you want all files of that type to open in the same software
> program, select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of
> file check box, and then click OK.
>
> b.. If you want only that file to open in the software program this one
> time, clear the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file
> check box, and then click OK.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com[/url]
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> [url]http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry[/url]
> "Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:614AD25A-8321-437C-9A00-44DAF812F903@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
> > to
> > open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
> > A
> > PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
> > ASSOCIATION
> > IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]
>
>
>[/color]

"Richard Urban" wrote:
[color=blue]
> If you don't have an association for a particular file you likely do not
> have what you need to open the file. You either need the same program on
> your computer, used to create the file, or you need an alternative that can
> handle that particular file association. Just associating any program with a
> file is not going to do you any good at all.
>
> So, maybe if you told us the file extension we could assist you in locating
> the program you need to open the file.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "Alex" <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:614AD25A-8321-437C-9A00-44DAF812F903@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
> > to
> > open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
> > A
> > PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
> > ASSOCIATION
> > IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]
>
> The above method doesn't work for my Home Premium. I am trying to open a WordPerfect (.wpd extension) attachment to a Windows Mail message. MS Word does open such files if they have been saved form the e-mail message but that is cumbersome. In XP doubleclicking the attachment opened .wpd files in Word, which is what I want to do now.[/color]
Also what is the "SET ASSOCIATIONS control panel" and where is it?

jack1961

"Alex" wrote:
[color=blue]
> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]

"Alex" wrote:
[color=blue]
> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]

On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:00 -0700, John Redmond <John
[email]Redmond@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>
>"Alex" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
>> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
>> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
>> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color][/color]

Any attachment is just some file type. Common ones like popular image
file formats generally open without problem in Vista's default
program; Photo Gallery.

If you get sent something unusual, you need to tell Vista what to do
with it. If it can do anything at all depends on if or not you have
some application on your system that understands the file format of
the attachment.

It would help to know WHAT you were sent. A document, a PDF, some
image (be specific as to file type), etc..

DL the file, R-Click it, and then use Open With to associate the file with a
program.

Buddha

"John Redmond" <John [email]Redmond@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:C86EA6E3-BDC5-4478-82E5-BA3909B7BF19@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alex" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try
>> to
>> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
>> A
>> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
>> ASSOCIATION
>> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color][/color]

Which file type are you trying to open? See the tutorial here:

Error "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action" opening email attachments - The Winhelponline Blog:
[url]http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-this-file-does-not-have-a-program-associated-with-it/[/url]

--
Regards,

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

"John Redmond" <John [email]Redmond@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message news:C86EA6E3-BDC5-4478-82E5-BA3909B7BF19@microsoft.com...


"Alex" wrote:
[color=blue]
> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> open it to view it it comes an error message of, THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color]

On May 19, 6:27*pm, Adam Albright <A...@ABC.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:00 -0700, John Redmond <John
>
> Redm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >"Alex" wrote:[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> hey, a family member send me an e-mail with an attachment but when i try to
> >> open it to view it it comes an error message of, *THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A
> >> PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION
> >> IN THE SET ASSOCIATIONS CONTROL PANEL. My question is how I do that?[/color][/color]
>
> Any attachment is just some file type. Common ones like popular image
> file formats generally open without problem in Vista's default
> program; Photo Gallery.
>
> If you get sent something unusual, you need to tell Vista what to do
> with it. If it can do anything at all depends on if or not you have
> some application on your system that understands the file format of
> the attachment.
>
> It would help to know WHAT you were sent. A document, a PDF, some
> image (be specific as to file type), etc..[/color]