Re: How to toggle file associations
"Jeepwolf" <jeepwolf@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:18:11 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
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>>"Jeepwolf" <jeepwolf@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> I had a program to play .FLV files. Now I just installed another one
>>> that has more options. Both work. Sometimes I'd like to use one,
>>> sometimes the other one. The problem is that the new one adopted the
>>> file associations from the old one. So now I'm stuck with only the
>>> new one. Is there a way to toggle the file associations on the fly?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
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>>Just right click and select "open with"
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>>you may also have to hit the "shift" key to get that option
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> I'm assuming you're using Win98se?
> I do not have the option "open with" when I right click. ????
> I have "open" that uses the default viewer (set in the associations).
> There is a "send to" option, but it does not contain much of anything
> except the drive letters, the "my documents folder", and my email
> program. Pressing the shift key does nothing.
Just to reinforce what Brian stated (or in case you don't see his reply), you must
first single left-click the file to highlight it, THEN hold the Shift key while you
right-click the highlighted file. That will add the "Open With..." menu item to the
context menu.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
