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Or, to ask the question at a length unacceptable in a subject line,
does anyone know where in the registry is kept the list of applications
which are offered as candidates to open a file which belongs to no
particular file type, either because no type has been created for
its extension or because its name has no extension? I looked with
the Registry Editor, but couldn't locate the list.
For one instance, there is an offer to open an untyped file on my
system with CorelDraw, but not with Corel Photo-Paint. Did something
in the Corel suite installation command that CorelDraw be added to
the list, or does Win98SE pick and choose certain likely-looking
applications for the list?
The point being, that I'd like to fiddle with the list, if I can
do it without destroying anything.
Thanks for any thoughts (particularly if expressed in responses).
(Off the topic just a tad, thanks for the recent exchange re
adding actions to a file type; it solved, for me, the problem
of grabbing back an extension inappropriately hijacked by
installation of an application -- now I can just right-click
on files with that extension and choose another application
better suited to those files.)
Or, to ask the question at a length unacceptable in a subject line,
does anyone know where in the registry is kept the list of applications
which are offered as candidates to open a file which belongs to no
particular file type, either because no type has been created for
its extension or because its name has no extension? I looked with
the Registry Editor, but couldn't locate the list.
For one instance, there is an offer to open an untyped file on my
system with CorelDraw, but not with Corel Photo-Paint. Did something
in the Corel suite installation command that CorelDraw be added to
the list, or does Win98SE pick and choose certain likely-looking
applications for the list?
The point being, that I'd like to fiddle with the list, if I can
do it without destroying anything.
Thanks for any thoughts (particularly if expressed in responses).
(Off the topic just a tad, thanks for the recent exchange re
adding actions to a file type; it solved, for me, the problem
of grabbing back an extension inappropriately hijacked by
installation of an application -- now I can just right-click
on files with that extension and choose another application
better suited to those files.)
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