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all my file associations have been deleted by mistake i don't know how to
reset them i keep getting this file has no program associated with it or the
file or folder just does not open help please

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Can't open EXE files
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"renee" wrote:

| all my file associations have been deleted by mistake i don't know how to
| reset them i keep getting this file has no program associated with it or the
| file or folder just does not open help please

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Hi Renee,

Restore file associations easily:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_easy_file.htm

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"renee" <renee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7DD75EF0-E387-42D7-8776-FA3E4FC68F57@microsoft.com...
> all my file associations have been deleted by mistake i don't know how to
> reset them i keep getting this file has no program associated with it or the
> file or folder just does not open help please
>

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"renee" <renee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7DD75EF0-E387-42D7-8776-FA3E4FC68F57@microsoft.com...
> all my file associations have been deleted by mistake i don't know how to
> reset them i keep getting this file has no program associated with it or
the
> file or folder just does not open help please
>
You need to recreate them. Help & Support has instructions on how to do
this. It is a lot of work so be more careful in the future.
Jim

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