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> SlickRCBD wrote:
>> I had a few custom things set up so that I could open .DOC files in
>> Wordpad by default, or right click and choose "Open with OpenOffice".
>> I just decided to move my office suite from the installation of
>> Windows 95 under Virtual PC on my old Powermac 6500 to a Windows 98SE
>> computer so I could try to work with Access. That wiped out my custom
>> "Open with OpenOffice" while changing my settings to use the office
>> apps without asking me. Since Wordpad takes a second to load while
>> Office takes time and RAM, I would have preferred to have left things
>> alone. Is there any way to back up such custom things or prevent them
>> from being wiped out?
>> I have an XCOPY of everything on my hard drive from 6 months ago on a
>> Virtual PC 2007 hard drive image on another computer, is there any way
>> to export the file types from that backup and paste it into the real
>> computer?
> SlickRCBD:
> Try this:
> Open Windows Explorer and find any .DOC file point to it and SHIFT + right
> click on it. Choose Open With... from the pop up menu. A dialog box will
> open asking which programyou want to use to open the file. There is a pick
> list of apps and a check box to "Always use this app to open this type of
> file. Place a checkin the box and you should be good to go.
> HTH & GL
> John
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