You don't have to go edit the registry. Just open Explorer and select
View-->Folder Options and set the file associations for whichever
files you like.
> > I just noticed, after installing CW R6 (Lite, actually), that CW has now
> > associated itself -- without asking! -- with all my C source files. That is,
> > its icon is now next to all my source files and it is the app that will open
> > if I dbl-click on a .c, .h, .cpp, etc. file. This is a major irritation for
> > me when a product does this. For one thing, I use Premia's CodeWright as my
> > general program editor and had it as the default app for all source files.
> > Plus, I also use MS VC++ for Windows-based development. In other words, I
> > did not want CodeWarrior "taking over" my source files in this way. And it
> > is a major pain to change things back. This should be an install option!
> >
> > For what it's worth, I've also found this same problem with many types of
> > graphic utility programs -- whenever you install them, they go and associate
> > themselves with your .jpg and .gif files, etc.
> >
> > Doug Gordon
> >
> You can set the association back by editing the registry. As I am using
> Window now, I cannot tell you under which key. But I suspect it is the
> local machine/software portion. You should be able to locate entry such as
> "cpp", "c" etc and change the value to the path to the application you want
> to open the file with.
>
>
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