Bill Stephens wrote: > With other programs, when I click on the name of a file, it > automatically opens the program associated with the extension. Widh > OpenOffice, the documents are filed with the extension .odt, but > Windows doesn't know what program to use. Probably the Registry should > be modified. (It seems strange that this was not done by the > installation of OpenOffice itself.) > > Any suggestions? Please be very specific, as I would not want to wind > up with the computer being only a doorstop! <grin>
What you're referring to is file associations and they are normally set as part of the install. However, it's easy to fix, by following the instrauctions below. Changing file associations Right click on file icon Select Open With > Choose Program... Check "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and choose the desired application. If that method is not available, follow the directions listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 Please respond only to the mail list ([email protected]) and not directly to me. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
