...file does not have a program associated with it...

[Guest davis.157@osu.edu]

I've been encountering the message cited in the Subject header on a

particular system (WinXP Pro SP2) for

several months, now. I believe it was caused by remediation of a

virus infection. In general, on a properly

configured system, if you Shift+Right-click, you can select "Open

with..." on an otherwise unassociated file and

choose an appropriate program when you encounter the cited error

message. I'll use a particular example with

which I'm having trouble, the CONFIG.SYS file. On a properly

configured system, by merely right-clicking on this

file in Windows Explorer, you get an "Open With..." option. You can

then follow through with this process to open

the CONFIG.SYS file with a particular program. On my troublesome PC,

when I choose "Open With...", I encounter

the cited error message, so I'm stuck. In general, I don't want to

really associate a given program to .SYS files, I

just want the default behavior allowing me to choose a program. Any

ideas?

 

Thanks

[Guest Maurice N ~ MVP]

Re: ...file does not have a program associated with it...

 

WinXp uses Config.nt and not Config.sys

 

What is it you are trying to do with the Config file? Do you have some dos-based programs? games?

If you absolutely have to, you may use NOTEPAD to view contents of Config.nt

 

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Maurice Naggar

MS-MVP (Windows Client) , Aumha.net VSOP , DTS-L

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<davis.157@osu.edu> wrote in message news:6fca2652-f4f6-4a90-9457-38ffbd7ad710@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...

> I've been encountering the message cited in the Subject header on a

> particular system (WinXP Pro SP2) for

> several months, now. I believe it was caused by remediation of a

> virus infection. In general, on a properly

> configured system, if you Shift+Right-click, you can select "Open

> with..." on an otherwise unassociated file and

> choose an appropriate program when you encounter the cited error

> message. I'll use a particular example with

> which I'm having trouble, the CONFIG.SYS file. On a properly

> configured system, by merely right-clicking on this

> file in Windows Explorer, you get an "Open With..." option. You can

> then follow through with this process to open

> the CONFIG.SYS file with a particular program. On my troublesome PC,

> when I choose "Open With...", I encounter

> the cited error message, so I'm stuck. In general, I don't want to

> really associate a given program to .SYS files, I

> just want the default behavior allowing me to choose a program. Any

> ideas?

>

> Thanks