Here's a whole page of file association fixes...

http://www.notesbit.com/index.php/web-mysql/windows/windows-xp-file-association-fixes/


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JRS 
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Facts do not cease to exist just
because they are ignored.



----- Original Message ----
> From: DSinc <[email protected]>
> To: Hardware Group <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sat, June 19, 2010 12:38:39 PM
> Subject: [H] File association?
> 
> OS: Win2000 Server
WinUpdate patches: 06-11-10
Browser: FF 3.6.3 (and I 
> suspect IE6sp1)

So, I've had this icon on my desktop for years that 
> opens/calls my NAS.
Like: "http://10.0.0.x/";.....
It does not 
> work.

If I use the FF browser, and type in the address by hand, I can get 
> thru to the address. OK.

If I then drag the little 'doc' icon from the 
> open browser window to the desktop, the dragged icon is broken again! The 
> red-X 
> msg reads:

"This file does not have a program associated with it for 
> performing this task.  Create an association in the Folder Options control 
> panel."

Matters not whether I change the shortcut's icon or 
> not.

Visited the "Folder Option control panel."
Confused I 
> reamain!!  MW or Virus still possible, but ESET indicates no problem 
> ATM.

Confused I be!!  Ideas????
Duncan

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