Thanks Christof Alan's tool helped solve the problem but there were indeed some problems\anomalies with some of registry entries. Happily all is working now.
Paul -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Christof Wollenhaupt Sent: 26 September 2018 11:51 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP file types in explorer Sent by an external sender ------------------------------ File extensions can be registered in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive. Maybe there's something in your own settings that is causing the problem. All of the suggested fixes register extensions system wide. What do you see if you create a new local Windows user and log on as that user? -- Christof [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/sn1pr0201mb18568cb69fae13328684d551a1...@sn1pr0201mb1856.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.