On 05/14/2007 08:52 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: > Ummm... > > What, exactly about my post led you to believe this was my problem?
That perhaps you'd missed something regarding showing the OOo file extentions on your system. > > I've been adminning Windows boxes for many years. If so, then you'll certainly know how to use regedit and do a search for ODT. Are the OOo file types listed? What do you show in My Computer|HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt? > > Go back and read my post. I did. I also note that in your bug report http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=77257 you state that you have had OOo file association issues prevously & that "the ony way I have found to fix it is to reinstall Windows". That would indicate to me that you have Windows OS/registry problems and should perhaps be looking elsewhere on your system to determine why your registry and/or system files are getting corrupted. What happens when you restore your backup registry file? You do keep a backup don't you? BTW: I've been 'fixing' Windows boxes for over 20 years. I can recall only two occassions where I've had to reinstall the operating system to fix a problem (one was a broken hard drive, the other was the user wiped out his critical system files). That doesn't mean that I know what your problem is without digging into the entire system. But I wouldn't simply discount suggestions that are meant to be helpful by others because you've "been adminning Windows boxes for many years". > > NoOp wrote: >> On 05/11/2007 07:00 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: >>>> Guess solution is the same, but look for od*/ot* extensions and change them >>>> to open with program you want >>> They do not show up in the list of known filetypes (I'm assuming you are >>> talking about the list of file types that show up in the list under >>> Tools > Folder Options > File Types)... >>> >>> AGAIN: >>> >>> I've googled until my brain rebooted, but cannot find the command-line >>> command to re-register the file associations? >> >> >> <http://www.google.com/search?q=file+association+%2BWindows+XP> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 >> >> <quote> >> To See All File Extensions >> 1. On the Tools menu in My Computer or Windows Explorer, click Folder >> Options. >> 2. Click the View tab. >> 3. Clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box. >> </quote> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
