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Windows 7 - List of associated programs for a file type

 
08-30-2010   #1


Win7 64-bit
 
 

List of associated programs for a file type

On XP there is a facility to add programs to a file type - you can add more than one program, and each one has a name (which appears in the pulldown list), and a program location, which can have options added to it, e.g. an html file could have a browse function, and an edit function (I want to use SeaMonkey with a -compose option, assuming I can do this). I don't want to have to pick one program as the default unless the other one is easily accessible. I know it's silly, but I can't find this in Windows 7 for the life of me! Help would be appreciated - I'm sure Windows 7 wouldn't kill a very useful XP facility... would they?!

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08-30-2010   #2


Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
 
 


Index page • mozillaZine Forums

The 3rd section talks about SeaMonkey and how to fix bugs.
Post back if this helps.
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08-30-2010   #3


Win7 Home Premium, 64 bit
 
 


It seems to me that MS did decide that was too much responsibility for us to handle. IAC, check out NirSoft's excellent, free FileTypeMan.
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08-30-2010   #4


 
 


The primary SeaMonkey (my browser as well) support forum is here: SeaMonkey Support
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08-30-2010   #5


Win7 64-bit
 
 


Thanks to all of you - I will try FileTypeMan, and look up the SeaMonkey support...
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08-31-2010   #6


Win7 64-bit
 
 


Tried FileTypeMan - it's great - thanks, @paul1149!

However... it looks like I can't attach a -xxx option on the SeaMonkey .exe call the way we could with Netscape - does anyone know of any other way to get straight into SeaMonkey Composer, without having to go through the directories again to find the file that I already have?!
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09-01-2010   #7


 
 


A Google search for open seamonkey with composer gave the correct syntax: seamonkey -editor

You can also add "filename.html" if you want to open directly to a specific file.
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09-01-2010   #8


Win7 64-bit
 
 


Fantastic, @Ztruker - works like a charm! Guess I gave up too quickly! Thanks a million!

Paul
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09-02-2010   #9


 
 


You're welcome.
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