Hi again Peter
You asked: "OOC: Why are you using MS spyware when Ad-Adaware is so free and so not MS?"
I have a computer business and carry Ad-aware and Spybot around with me. Why did I try the new M$ product? Good question. I didn't go looking for it, from memory I think it was offered to me somewhere along the line when I was updating Windows or downloading some M$ code. It was free: "Try the Free Beta1 version ..." (or something to that extent), and I think I decided to try it and see if it was worth adding to my arsenal of anti-spy/ad/mal-ware. After all, M$ should be more aware of the shortcomings of its OS than anyone else???
Of course it is not free - when did M$ give anything away it could sell? - LOL. The Free beta-1 version turns out to have a 180 day time limit on it - bastards!
So, I will not be adding it to my toolbox, but I do have it on my computer at the moment, but not for long, and as it runs automatically that is why I asked the question - "Could it be responsible for disassociating my OOo files from the OOo program".
Kind regards and many thanks, James Elliott
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kupfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [social] Program associations.?
James Elliott wrote:Possibly. I am very slowly becoming convinced that MS knows when you have free programs on your computer and secretly does things to mess them up.Peter Kupfer wrote:
"I have tried to detail the process to change associations here:
<http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/topics/ooo_changing_file_associations.htm>. "
Thanks Peter.
This did not directly apply to my situation, but pointed me in the right direction and I have now solved my problem - thank you.
The trouble with associating *.sxw, *.sxc, *.sxd, etc, files with OOo was that none of these extensions were listed under Tools>Folder Options> File types, so One could not globally associate one of these extensions with the OOo software. However, I added these extensions to the list using the "New" button and then associated them with OOo and it seems to have made the change globally.
Once again, many thanks, James
PS - any ideas on how the OOo files became disassociated with the OOo program? Could it be because I installed M$ anti-spyware software? Nothing much else has changed on my computer, recently.
OOC: Why are you using MS spyware when Ad-Adaware is so free and so not MS?
Glad I could help.
-- Peter T. Kupfer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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