Guest Carlitos Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Hi! everybody! I really need help dudes! everytime I try to open a program, or file in my PC, I got a pop up "OPEN WITH" which says: - choose the program you want to use to open this file - and many times the program i need to open, is not in the list given, so I got to use the "Brouser" bottom, But some times I don't know where to look for. It is really hard, and I got not money to bring the PC to a technician. is somebody who could help me out please? carlitos in LA.
Guest RJK Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: pop up "Open with" Take a look at the "Properties" of the program icon for the "...program you don't know where to look for..." and note the location (pathname) of that program, and note the filename - often an executable file with the filetype ..exe e.g. NeroStartSmart.exe Next time you have to "start with," and browse through to the program file location, tick the box labelled, "Alway use the selected program to open this kind of file." regards, Richard "Carlitos" <Carlitos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EFC1FE5A-1B22-4664-821F-DAC087043574@microsoft.com... > Hi! everybody! > > I really need help dudes! > everytime I try to open a program, or file in my PC, I got a pop up "OPEN > WITH" which says: - choose the program you want to use to open this file - > and many times the program i need to open, is not in the list given, so I > got to use the "Brouser" bottom, But some times I don't know where to > look > for. It is really hard, and I got not money to bring the PC to a > technician. > > is somebody who could help me out please? > > carlitos in LA.
Guest Malke Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: pop up "Open with" Carlitos wrote: > Hi! everybody! > > I really need help dudes! > everytime I try to open a program, or file in my PC, I got a pop up "OPEN > WITH" which says: - choose the program you want to use to open this file - > and many times the program i need to open, is not in the list given, so I > got to use the "Brouser" bottom, But some times I don't know where to look > for. It is really hard, and I got not money to bring the PC to a technician. Try the .exe association fix from MVP Doug Knox here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm - Doug Knox .exe and .lnk association fixes Also see: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm - Restore default file associations easily If that doesn't work: The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? Be sure the computer is clean: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Re: pop up "Open with" On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:34:01 -0700, Carlitos <Carlitos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I really need help dudes! Sorry, I'm all out of "help dudes." Would you like some "Milk Duds" instead? http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/milkduds.asp > everytime I try to open a program, or file in my PC, I got a pop up "OPEN > WITH" which says: - choose the program you want to use to open this file - > and many times the program i need to open, is not in the list given, so I > got to use the "Brouser" bottom, But some times I don't know where to look > for. It is really hard, and I got not money to bring the PC to a technician. Try here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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