Chad Smith escribió:
If I download ANYTHING on ANY OS that associates files to itself, (or
better
said, that asks me if I want to associate those files to it), and then I
delete that program - those files will be without a home. That's the
way it
works.
Errrr... no it isn't.
Any OS (yes even windows) can have more than one program associated with
a file. When you right click on a file with more than one program
associated on windows you can see a list of all the programs that can
open that file in the "Open with..." submenu.
Most of OS (no, not windows) also maintain an "order" of the associated
programs. So if the first one is deleted, the second one becomes the
default. Windows only maintain a "default" program.
In my computer XLS files are associated first with Calc then with
KSpread. If I ever unisntall openoffice KSpread will become the default
program to handle XLS. If I install Openoffice again, then it will set
it as the second program to open XLS. I will have to move it to the top
or uninstall KSpread to let it open XLS files with a (double) click.
There are quite a couple of different ways to handle file associations
that the windows one.
Anyway, wayyyyyy offftopic.
Javier.
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