Windows 7 and File Associations

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PostWindows 7 and File Associations
by Roonmastor » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:56 pm

Howdy.

Friend of mine has W7 and somehow has managed to get all of his files to be associated with Windows Media Centre. From .docs to his Norton 360 shortcut. So how does he fix this? Would a system restore re-attribute his files to their correct programs?

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by SEP » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:03 pm

If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by Winckle » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:03 pm

MCN wrote:If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

Isn't there like an "associations profile" in there, and he can choose the default one.

We should migrate GRcade to Flarum. :toot:
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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by SEP » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:04 pm

Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

Isn't there like an "associations profile" in there, and he can choose the default one.


Holy strawberry float, I'd never noticed that before!

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by Fatal Exception » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:07 pm

Yeah, pretty much all of those are hoaxes :(

The dropa stones sounded amazing, until you read this:

1. The discovery. There are no mentions of 'Tsum Um Nui' anywhere; as he is supposed to have fled China and died in Japan in the 1960s this cannot be negated by Cultural Revolution, Communist coverup theory. Also, there is no mention of the 1938 archaeological expedition to the Banyan Kara Ulla range. No "Peking Academy of Pre-History" ever existed.
2. Early Sources. The earliest mention of the story is in Erich von Damien¹s infamous 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods. The book has been widely criticized as unreliable; in fact, the vast majority of names and sources appearing in the book cannot be corroborated, and no existence of the following Soviet or Chinese scholars can be found anywhere outside this story: Cho Pu Tei, Tsum Um Nui, Ernst Wagener, Vyatcheslav Saizev, and Sergei Lolladoff. Most tellingly, Däniken gives his main source for the story as a Soviet science fiction writer Alexander Kazantsev; however Kazantsev himself disagrees with Däniken's account and says that it was Däniken who told him the story, not the other way around.

3. Later Sources. The 1978 book Sungods in Exile "edited" by David Agamon, appeared to lend support to the story of the Dropa, but Agamon admitted in the magazine Fortean Times in 1988 that the book was fiction and that its alleged author, a British researcher named Dr. Karyl Robin-Evans, was imaginary. Some websites claim to show a photo of Dr Robin-Evans with the Dalai Lama. A frail, old man assisted by the current Dalai Lama, the photograph is quite recent and can not be Dr Robin-Evans -- he died in 1978, according to Hartwig Hausdorf.

4. Translation. There is absolutely no precedent for an unknown language being successfully deciphered. All lost ancient languages have been rediscovered only because they survived in forms familiar to scientists. Even in such cases, deciphering and understanding these older language forms and their scripts has usually taken decades for multiple teams of highly competent linguists, and their findings are constantly being debated and updated. Many ancient scripts (notably Linear A from the island of Crete and Rongorongo from Easter Island), have defied deciphering precisely because they cannot be linked to any known language. Given these facts, there would be even greater difficulties in translating a truly extraterrestrial language. It is therefore highly unlikely that a single Chinese scholar with no reported background in linguistics could single-handedly decipher an alien script or language in his spare time.

5. The Disks. All that exists of the supposed alien disks are several wide-angle photographs. The disks photographed, firstly, do not match the described "12-inch disks"; the disks photographed are very large. Secondly, the photos show none of the supposed deep grooves. Finally, absolutely no photos, descriptions, analyses or any other evidence of the actual 'alien script' appear anywhere at all.

6. The Evidence. The disks were supposed to be stored in several museums in China. None of these museums have any traces of these disks, nor can any be found of the ones supposedly sent to USSR for analysis.

7. The Dropa Tribe. While reported to be a tribe of feeble dwarfs, in actuality the Dropas are nomadic herders who inhabit most of the northern Tibetan Plateau. The Ham are also inhabitants of Tibet, and traditionally have supplied Tibet's warriors: many of the 13th Dalai Lama's bodyguards during his escape from the Chinese invasion were Ham Tibetans. The word "Dropa", according to Chrieghton, describes the nomadic residents of Tibetan highlands, and can be roughly translated as "solitude" or "isolated". Furthermore, Chreighton described the Dropa as not resembling "troglodytes", or as stunted; on the contrary, they tend to be rather large and sturdy, befitting their occupation as herders. (Richie, 95-96)


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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by Johnny Ryall » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:08 pm

Lol wut?

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by SEP » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:08 pm

What??

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by Winckle » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:09 pm

MCN wrote:
Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

Isn't there like an "associations profile" in there, and he can choose the default one.


Holy strawberry float, I'd never noticed that before!

lol it's been there since XP.

We should migrate GRcade to Flarum. :toot:
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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by SEP » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:11 pm

Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:
Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

Isn't there like an "associations profile" in there, and he can choose the default one.


Holy strawberry float, I'd never noticed that before!

lol it's been there since XP.


To be honest, I'd never had to deal with it before!

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PostRe: Windows 7 and File Associations
by Roonmastor » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:57 am

MCN wrote:
Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:
Winckle wrote:
MCN wrote:If he doesn't mind doing things long-windedly, he can go to Default programs on the Start menu, and go through them all, re-associating the file types.

Isn't there like an "associations profile" in there, and he can choose the default one.


Holy strawberry float, I'd never noticed that before!

lol it's been there since XP.


To be honest, I'd never had to deal with it before!


Holy gooseberry fool! He's right. I just found it on XP. Never knew that! Cheers guys.


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