Re: Can't change file association in XP
"cyndiwise notsowise" <cyndiwisenotsowise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:EE99981D-FAF3-4A62-90CE-46C8B6F7AC82@microsoft.com...
> This did not work either; the same thing happened after I selected
Notepad++
> as the program to open, it still did not appear in the list so I could not
> select it to change the file association to it.
>
> Is this abnormal behavior for XP? I have had no trouble in the past
changing
> other file associations.
>
> Cyndi
I recently had a similar problem with a different application.
The reason I could not re-associate turned out to be the original
application was over-riding my changes..
So in your case, open the "offending application" and *unassociate*
save changes and close.
Now you should be able to re-associate with your desired app.