[Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS

[Jim Walker]

One way to access the area to change your "associations" in XP is to:

1.)  Open Windows Explorer
2.)  Click on Tools/Folder Options/File Types
3.)  Scroll down to .doc type files and change the associated program to MS
Word.

Jim




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Isbell" <millenniumfalcon at cableone.net>
To: "Mail List for Ham-Computers" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Frustration with MS


> I get so damned frustrated every time I try to change something in
> Windows.  It must be because those Indians that program it do not have
> the same logic process we use.  It is NOT intuitive to a westerner.
>
> I am using XP and I am trying to change the default program for viewing
> .DOC files.  It is now defaulting to "Easy Writer" and I want it to
> default to "Word For Windows" but try as I may I cannot find the screen
> that is used to designate which program takes which extension by
> default.  I know its there but I cant find it.
>
> Can anyone tell me why it isnt under "Settings", the obvious intuitive
> place to look for settings??
>
> Can anyone tell me where those indians hid it????
>
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