Guest Frog Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to designate another software program for this purpose? What is the general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad? Is there something better than this software package? I somehow got this software on my system during the addition of another software package, and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that makes a difference. Thanks for your help, Frog
Guest RobertVA Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Opening File Types Frog wrote: > How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently > have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically > grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to > designate another software program for this purpose? What is the > general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad? Is there > something better than this software package? I somehow got this > software on my system during the addition of another software package, > and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that > makes a difference. > > Thanks for your help, > Frog Check Quicktime's options to make sure there isn't some sort of option that will make it reestablish the file associations when it restarts. Clear that option if available. Have you tried? In Windows Explorer right click a file of the type you want to change association for. Hover the mouse pointer over "Open with" on the context menu Select "Choose program" from sub menu. Note the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" check box. Activate if desired. Select the desired program from the list OR use the "Browse..." button. Use "OK" buttons to close the "Browse" and "Open With" pop-ups.
Guest MEB Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Opening File Types "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:OQTvofwJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | How do I designate what software opens what file types? Couple of ways, I'll use the Explorer entry point example. On the tool bar > View > Folder Options > File Types > pick the extension > pick the app to edit, open, or otherwise. | I currently | have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically | grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to | designate another software program for this purpose? Yep, open one of your other pic progs and check its settings for file extensions associated with it. Choose the ones you want to open/edit, save the settings. OR depending upon the QT version, you can go into its setup and untick the extension *.jpg as one of the types it is to associated with. JPG from a web page should have a mime/web type associated with it in the registry. Check the associations using one of the ways to define file associations and actions as displayed in the example above. | What is the | general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad? At one time I installed it with every install AND kept it updated, now its not installed as I rarely go to pages that require it. | Is there | something better than this software package? I somehow got this | software on my system during the addition of another software package, | and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that | makes a difference. | | Thanks for your help, | Frog Just go into the QT panel [look in Control Panel or its Programs entry] and uncheck most of the associations. NOTE: all versions have vulnerabilities [even the latest version which does NOT install in 9X] and the 9X versions are not receiving updates. SO limit what it handles, or uninstall and look for another application to handle those formats. MOV, etc. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com ________
Guest glee Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Re: Opening File Types Hi Frog, You can open QuickTime and find its Preferences menu item....the exact name and location vary with each version, but the latest version for Win98 is QuickTime 6.x In QuickTime 6, click the Edit menu> Preferences> QuickTime Preferences or Click Start> settings> Control Panel> QuickTime In the Settings box there will be a dropdown list. Click the arrow on the right of it, and select File Type Associations. The only box that you should check-mark is the one for "Macintosh file types". You can also check the box for "Notify me if other applications modify these viewer associations" That should allow Windows to revert the other associations back to where you had them before QuickTime took them over. If it is an earlier version of QuickTime than v.6, find the associations list in the version you have installed (it will be similar to what I described), and un-associate all file types from QuickTime, then uninstall it via Add/remove Programs or its Start Menu uninstall entry. Then if you want QuickTime installed, get version 6.x and install it.....you don't need to have any earlier version on your system, for security reasons. The only reason I ever have QuickTime installed is for viewing QuickTime/Macintosh file types. If you don't need it, you can uninstall it altogether, after un-associating any file types from it. Your "other software package" may have installed it because it uses it for its own video displays, so before you decide whether to remove it, you need to determine why it was installed in the first place. What was the "other software package" you installed? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message news:OQTvofwJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently have Quick > Time Player on my system, and this software automatically grabs/opens every .jpg > file that I download. Is there some way to designate another software program for > this purpose? What is the general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so > good/bad? Is there something better than this software package? I somehow got > this software on my system during the addition of another software package, and it > has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that makes a > difference. > > Thanks for your help, > Frog
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