Opening File Types

[Frog]

How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently
have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically
grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to
designate another software program for this purpose? What is the
general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad? Is there
something better than this software package? I somehow got this
software on my system during the addition of another software package,
and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that
makes a difference.

Thanks for your help,
Frog

 

[RobertVA]

Frog wrote:
> How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently
> have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically
> grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to
> designate another software program for this purpose? What is the
> general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad? Is there
> something better than this software package? I somehow got this
> software on my system during the addition of another software package,
> and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that
> makes a difference.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Frog

Check Quicktime's options to make sure there isn't some sort of option
that will make it reestablish the file associations when it restarts.
Clear that option if available.

Have you tried?

In Windows Explorer right click a file of the type you want to change
association for.

Hover the mouse pointer over "Open with" on the context menu

Select "Choose program" from sub menu.

Note the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
check box. Activate if desired.

Select the desired program from the list OR use the "Browse..." button.

Use "OK" buttons to close the "Browse" and "Open With" pop-ups.

 

[MEB]

"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message
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| How do I designate what software opens what file types?

Couple of ways, I'll use the Explorer entry point example.

On the tool bar > View > Folder Options > File Types > pick the extension >
pick the app to edit, open, or otherwise.

| I currently
| have Quick Time Player on my system, and this software automatically
| grabs/opens every .jpg file that I download. Is there some way to
| designate another software program for this purpose?

Yep, open one of your other pic progs and check its settings for file
extensions associated with it. Choose the ones you want to open/edit, save
the settings.

OR depending upon the QT version, you can go into its setup and untick the
extension *.jpg as one of the types it is to associated with.

JPG from a web page should have a mime/web type associated with it in the
registry. Check the associations using one of the ways to define file
associations and actions as displayed in the example above.

| What is the
| general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so good/bad?

At one time I installed it with every install AND kept it updated, now its
not installed as I rarely go to pages that require it.

| Is there
| something better than this software package? I somehow got this
| software on my system during the addition of another software package,
| and it has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that
| makes a difference.
|
| Thanks for your help,
| Frog

Just go into the QT panel [look in Control Panel or its Programs entry] and
uncheck most of the associations.

NOTE: all versions have vulnerabilities [even the latest version which does
NOT install in 9X] and the 9X versions are not receiving updates. SO limit
what it handles, or uninstall and look for another application to handle
those formats.
MOV, etc.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
________

 

[glee]

Hi Frog,
You can open QuickTime and find its Preferences menu item....the exact name and
location vary with each version, but the latest version for Win98 is QuickTime 6.x

In QuickTime 6, click the Edit menu> Preferences> QuickTime Preferences
or
Click Start> settings> Control Panel> QuickTime

In the Settings box there will be a dropdown list. Click the arrow on the right of
it, and select File Type Associations.
The only box that you should check-mark is the one for "Macintosh file types". You
can also check the box for "Notify me if other applications modify these viewer
associations"

That should allow Windows to revert the other associations back to where you had
them before QuickTime took them over.

If it is an earlier version of QuickTime than v.6, find the associations list in the
version you have installed (it will be similar to what I described), and
un-associate all file types from QuickTime, then uninstall it via Add/remove
Programs or its Start Menu uninstall entry.

Then if you want QuickTime installed, get version 6.x and install it.....you don't
need to have any earlier version on your system, for security reasons.

The only reason I ever have QuickTime installed is for viewing QuickTime/Macintosh
file types. If you don't need it, you can uninstall it altogether, after
un-associating any file types from it.

Your "other software package" may have installed it because it uses it for its own
video displays, so before you decide whether to remove it, you need to determine why
it was installed in the first place. What was the "other software package" you
installed?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+


"Frog" <frog@pond.com> wrote in message
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> How do I designate what software opens what file types? I currently have Quick
> Time Player on my system, and this software automatically grabs/opens every .jpg
> file that I download. Is there some way to designate another software program for
> this purpose? What is the general feeling about Quick Time Player--good/not so
> good/bad? Is there something better than this software package? I somehow got
> this software on my system during the addition of another software package, and it
> has taken over. My internet connection is via SeaMonkey, if that makes a
> difference.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Frog