Hey John,
It sounds like she may have associated shortcuts (.lnk) to open with Word since all icons have Word.
You might see if downloading and merging the .reg files for the listed .lnk (LNK) and .exe options in the tutorial may help.
If not, then she can also do a system restore at boot using a restore point dated before this happened.
Thanks Shawn and sorry late reply but had to leave for work - cutting a very long story short we finally got a system restore to work and it is back to normal. Lynne was just flummoxed by that message re what to open a file with in whatever she was looking at - in Pictures I think it was. Without knowing this happens she just hit Word thinking it was what was needed.
So all's well that ends well
Would you please add .VFS, (a HP image file) to the list.
Thanks
L13
Thank you so much for the tip. It worked just fine and resolved a problem that had me contemplating reinstalling my O/S. You are an amazing source of valuable information.
I registered in forum (again) just to say you Thank You Shawn Brink, for this unique and irreplaceable set of:
default Registry keys !
I try to find solution to associate WMP with MP4, but it is nowhere, neither in his folder as wmp.exe or in Registry ! I was unable to find key or any solution to associate WMP as default program for WMPlayer and play it with Windows default program !!! When I revert search question to: cannot associate mp4 with wmp, nowhere is not windows media player as program I FIND THIS REAL HELP !!!!
THANK YOU BRINK again !!!
Please tell me how to the restore Windows Media Player in his folder, still missing !?
All The Best in yours work, and do not over force self !!!
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(last smiley is for shame, because I forget to write new keys)
Hello Cadaver, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)
I'm happy to hear that this was able to help.
You could also use Default Programs to set Windows Media Player as the default program for all of it's associations to do so.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ociations.html
If Windows Media Player is not listed in Default Programs, then see if using step 7 in the tutorial below will add it back to be able to set it in Default Programs.
Windows Media Player - Restore or Remove from Default Programs
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