Re: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10
Hi. There are a lot of things I really like about Windows 10, and I still think I wouldn't voluntarily give it up, but yeah, this is the problem with the oS, and I know we're not alone. I see articles about this on tech websites all the time. Microsoft wants Windows to be a service with constant improvements rather than a stable OS, it seems. The problem is that the OS is now so complex and involving so many parts that it's really easy to break stuff, and something that works fine on the majority of systems might break someone else's. Then MS has to release a patch to fix the previous update, and the cycle continues, forever. Theoretically the more people use the oS, the easier it is to spot mistakes and the quicker they will be corrected. But that still leaves users at a disadvantage, you know? -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of The Iowa Gal Sent: January 24, 2018 10:26 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10 Hi JM and Gary, Gary, thanks for confirming this issue. JM, I appreciate your insight. And just think, here I thought Windows 10 would make my life easier. Guess I'll get used to going under the hood and tweaking and tweaking. Nifty. Thanks again, Norma For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10
Hi JM and Gary, Gary, thanks for confirming this issue. JM, I appreciate your insight. And just think, here I thought Windows 10 would make my life easier. Guess I'll get used to going under the hood and tweaking and tweaking. Nifty. Thanks again, Norma For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10
Gary Ray here. I can confirm this behavior. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of The Iowa Gal Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:20 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10 Hey group, I'm using the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2018 build 1710.36. I don't know what happened, but about a week ago all my file associations were reset. Groove Music instead of WinAmp, Win 10 mail app instead of Outlook, and all documents are opening in Word. I am getting the associations back to my preferences, but can anyone possibly tell me what in the world caused this? And, of course, doing a system restore would affect a bunch of programs and I guess I wasn't willing to do that. Thanks for your ideas, Norma For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10
I don't know, but all I can say is, that's Windows 10 for you. You set something to be a certain way, and Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, "fix" it so it's back to the way they *assume* you want it. It's pretty maddening and short of writing scripts of some kind to check and restore settings after every update, there doesn't seem a lot we can do other than constantly re-tweaking our own stuff. I've not had this particular problem with file associations but I've had several instances of things being reset to some way I don't want them after a Windows update. Looks like MS just expects us all to live with it, and never mind all the time we waste putting things back the way they were. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of The Iowa Gal Sent: January 23, 2018 5:20 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10 Hey group, I'm using the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2018 build 1710.36. I don't know what happened, but about a week ago all my file associations were reset. Groove Music instead of WinAmp, Win 10 mail app instead of Outlook, and all documents are opening in Word. I am getting the associations back to my preferences, but can anyone possibly tell me what in the world caused this? And, of course, doing a system restore would affect a bunch of programs and I guess I wasn't willing to do that. Thanks for your ideas, Norma For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[JAWS-Users] Mysterious reset of file associations Win 10
Hey group, I'm using the latest Windows 10 with Jaws 2018 build 1710.36. I don't know what happened, but about a week ago all my file associations were reset. Groove Music instead of WinAmp, Win 10 mail app instead of Outlook, and all documents are opening in Word. I am getting the associations back to my preferences, but can anyone possibly tell me what in the world caused this? And, of course, doing a system restore would affect a bunch of programs and I guess I wasn't willing to do that. Thanks for your ideas, Norma For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
