My answers interspersed...

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Lakeview Bill wrote:

Unfortunately, if you use the "Open With" method described here, if you
ever
want to change the file association you will need to edit the Registry.
And
if you are dealing with questions such as these, you probably want to
leave
the registry alone.

Hmmm... Can't you just go back through the same process to register a new
program? Or are you implying that the "Open With" option goes away after
using it once in this manner?

IIRC: You can do this again. But, I failed to note something in my previous
post. If you use the "Open With" option, it only associates the file type
with the program used to open it.

If you go through the "Tools" option in Windows Explorer, you can also set
up other options such as assigning a program to print a document with that
extension, or you can even set up multiple Open options, i.e have program
"xxx" open it by default, but also have a context menu selection for "Open
with yyy".

But if you use the "Open With" option, you can't go back and use the "Tools"
option to modify the file assignment until you directly edit the registry.


I was under the impression that all file extension/program relationships
lived in the registry, regardless of how they were set (via program
install, Open With option, or through the Tools menu option off the WE
menu).

True, the file assignments, however they were set, do reside in the
registry. The difference is that with the WE "Tools" option it is not
necessary to directly edit the registry (with regedit.exe), whereas if you
use the "Open With" option, you do need to directly edit the registry in
order to remove the association...


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Peter