Hi Scott, The notes below are for XP. These are a few notes that I've saved regarding this topic. Wordpad / .txt files, is used as an example.
This method is permanent. If you want word pad to open text documents, instead of Microsoft Word 2007, do the following in XP: 1. Open your control panel. 2. Go to folder options, by hitting the letter F until you hear folder options. This assumes that you have set the control panel to classic view as is recommended by Jaws and other access trainers. 3. Once you open the folder options, control tab to the file types tab. 4. When this list opens, it will have hundreds of items in it. For example, mine has 459 items. If you hit the letters T and X quickly, you can land on txt files. If you aren't that quick with your fingers, then just hit the letter T until you get to .txt document. 5. With .txt highlighted, tab over to the change button and press spacebar. 6. You will be in a list of programs that can open .txt documents. You want wordpad as your default, from what I recall. You can arrow down until you find WordPad. Then, tab and there will be a checkbox which says always use this program to open this file type. Make sure that box is checked. 7. Tab to the Ok button and press enter. By way of an explanatory note, the file types tab that you are in tells Windows which program to use to handle that specific file extension. It will save these settings until you delete that association. That is why you find a delete button in the list prior to the change button. There is also a New button if you haven't created a specific association between a certain file type and a program. One might inquire as to why you would change an association? I used to associated all my .zip file extensions with the WinZip program. However, a year ago, I decided to delete that association and now I use Windows XP native unpacking utility instead. I can still use WinZip or another zipping/unzipping utility if I want, but it is not automatically initiated as it would have been when I had the .zip file extension associated with the WinZip program. Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. Steve This method is temporary. This can also be achieved by doing the following: First, highlight a text file that you would like to be opened by wordpad instead of another program. Press applications, then go down until you hear open with. If jaws says open with..., and you press enter, you will be presented with a choice of programs to open the text file. In this case, you will want to select wordpad, then press tab to the always use this program to open this type of file check box, and make sure that is checked. Then, press tab to OK. If, however, Jaws says open with submenu, then you will need to press enter to go in to the submenu, then go down to choose program. Then the choose program dialogue as described above will come up, and you will need to select wordpad, check the always use this program to open this type of file checkbox, and click ok. I hope this helps. this method can be used to select an association for any file type. If for any reason your chosen program isn't listed, all you would have to do is tab to the browse button and select it from program files, though i've rarely if ever had to do this. Mo. Mo, Yeah, this is a much simpler way. One caveat, though. That way doesn't allow you to make the change permanently unless you go down to the choose another program option. There is no checkbox to always apply that action when you use the Open With submenu and choose one of the listed options such as wordpad. You only get the opportunity to make the change permanently if you go to the choose another program option. Steve From: "Jacob Kruger" < [email protected]> Not sure if too different in vista, but in a normal folder view in XP, if you go to the tools menu, and hit enter on folder options, there's a file types tab in that dialogue, and if you give it a little bit of time to populate the list, you can make changes to it's behaviour for handling certain types of files there. I do normally just use the open with dialogue since it seems on XP to sort of group the sets of apps, with the ones it's trying to recommend above, but when you arrow down more you find something like other applications, and I normally try using something like the first letter of the apps name, then tab over to always use checkbox, hit space on it, tab over to ok button etc. etc. Jacob Kruger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Tijerina" < [email protected]> > Friends I'll try to explain this a bit. > You know how for example when you click on a and this is usually the case > in .mp3 files. > You get the file download do you want to open or save? > I'm not getting that. > Quick time is playing the files instead of winamp. that's what I want. > i want winamp to play the files if I choose to open them. > How do I fix this? > i'm using windows xp and jaws 11. and IE 8. Randy From; Jacob Kruger Would guess that quicktime has taken over the file type association of MP3 files etc. Simplest fix is to find an MP3 file in windows explorer and right click on it, choose open with..., choose program and in that dialogue, choose winamp from list and make sure checkbox for making it default is checked before clicking on Ok. This might not necessarily stop internet explorer from trying to decide for itself though, but might. Stay well Jacob Kruger I hope 1 of the notes above has helped or, at least gave you a hard shove in the right direction. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Meyer To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:59 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] how do you associate a file type to a program? Hi tried to open a attachment a pub file and got message that their is no program associated with this file type.How do you associate publisher with this file? regards Scott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
