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  • Chris B
    MURCer
    • Mar 2000
    • 422
    #1

    win2000 - file associations

    I "accidentally" got .dat files associated with windows media player. I want to delete that association so .dat files are not associated with any program. I can't do it through the usual "folder options" or using "open with"!

    Is there some other way? Maybe through the registry or??
    If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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    • cbman
      Super MURCer
      • Mar 2001
      • 1136
      #2
      Check with "regedit"

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.dat

      if its associated with Windows Media Player just delete the key and then recreate it empty... next time you go to open the file it should ask for which program to open the file.
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        • Chris B
          MURCer
          • Mar 2000
          • 422
          #3
          Hmmm well there didn't seem to be any association in the registry.

          The way I got them associated was by choosing "open with" and then I clicked the "always use this program to open these files" option... if that's any help!?
          If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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            • Pace
              Super MURCer
              • Feb 2000
              • 3414
              #4
              From an Explorer window: Tools>Folder Options>File Types. Edit it in there.
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                • The PIT
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                  • Aug 1999
                  • 11901
                  #5
                  This one of the silly annoying things that are simple but you forget about them and scratch your head trying to remember where under the drop down menus it's hiding.
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                    • Chris B
                      MURCer
                      • Mar 2000
                      • 422
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Pace
                      From an Explorer window: Tools>Folder Options>File Types. Edit it in there.
                      That was the first place I looked, but for some reason the .dat file type is not in that list, so I can't do anything from there
                      If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

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