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
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