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422860 2006-01-20 17:38:00 Can someone please help, I know nothing about pc's and I have a problem thats driving me up the wall lol
If I go on an Internet Site and create a shortcut of that site on my Desktop it all appears to be fine, but then when I try to open that shortcut I'm getting a windows message saying ' This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action, create an association in the Folder Options control panel '.
I don't know how to do this, can someone please assist me.
Thank you.
powertron (9655)
422861 2006-01-20 18:48:00 Not sure what OS you have, here's the instructions for XP

To associate a file with a program
Open My Computer .
Double-click a drive or folder .
Right-click a file, and then click Open With . If Open With is not available, click Open .
Follow the instructions under the option that matches the dialog box you see:
Open With--Recommended Programs list


Under Programs, click the program in which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program you want .
-or-
Click the look for the appropriate program on the Web link to search the Web for a program to open your file .

Open With--No Recommended Programs list


Under Programs, click the program in which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program you want . You can also type a comment that provides information about the file type . This information will appear in the folder window under Details when you view the file in a folder .
-or-
Click the look for the appropriate program on the Web link to search the Web for a program to open your file .

Cannot open this file

Windows cannot find a program to open the file . In the Cannot open this file dialog box, do one of the following:

Click Use the Web service to find the appropriate program . This enables you to search the Web for the program that will open the file .
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Click Select the program from a list to choose a program to open the file in the Open With dialog box .

Notes

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer .
For some file types, you will right-click a file, point to Open With, and then click Choose Program .
To ensure that Windows always uses the same program to open the file, or any other file with the same file name extension, in the Open With dialog box, select the Always use this program to open these files check box .
snoopy (74)
422862 2006-01-20 18:48:00 Hi powertron.

Go to Control Panel, click on Folder Options.
Click on the File Types tab, then scroll down all the file extensions till you get
to "XHT" and "XHMTL"
Check that they are set to open with your internet browser. (Firefox, IE etc)
If not, then click on "change" and then select your browser from the pop up menu and tick the "always use the selected program for this file" radio box, then click ok.
Let me know if this helps.

Nyuuji.
Nyuuji (5460)
422863 2006-01-20 19:34:00 Why would you want to clutter the desktop with shortcuts? Why not just "Add to Favorites" in IE or "Bookmark" in Firefox? pctek (84)
422864 2006-01-20 20:44:00 If you dont have either of those extensions, then instead of clicking change in previous instructions, click "New". Then type in XHT in the box and click ok.
Then proceed as previous and click change etc... .

Repeat for XHMTL extension.
Nyuuji (5460)
422865 2006-09-26 12:00:00 Thanks you guys, its now working correctly:thumbs:
Im gonna have to learn more about pc's:D
powertron (9655)
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