Make Documents and Media Open in the Right App
MY WIFE’S PC came with a trial of Microsoft Office 2007, but I installed IBM Lotus Symphony on the system instead—in part because it’s free, and in part because I think it’s easier to use. But when the missus attempts to open certain file types (such as .docx or .rtf), up pops Office 2007, its trial period having long since expired. Why don’t these files open in Symphony?
For whatever reason, certain file types remain associated with Office, so
Windows doesn’t know that it’s supposed to direct them to Symphony. Fortunately, the problem is easy to fix. In Vista and Windows 7, click Start, type Default, and press
Henceforth, any attempt to open that file type (not just that file) will cause Windows to load the selected program. If the program doesn’t appear, click Browse to locate its executable on your hard drive. That’s not the easiest task in the world, but you’ll need to do it if you want to re-associate that file type. The most common file association hassle you’re likely to encounter involves media files—MP3s, videos, and the like—that refuse to open where you want them to. This solution works with those kinds of files as well as with document files.
Source of Information : PC World December 2009
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