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To: mr.mark who wrote (1112)	12/9/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Crispin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110614

You can "unconnect" a file extension from an application. It took me ages to find where... You are in windows explorer again. Menu "view" option "options" tab "file types" select the application that you want to disconnect (associate?) then "edit" check (or select if there is more than one) that the file extension is the one you want. then it sort of depends. you can sometimes just remove, or edit or change a flag to an application, etc. Hope this helps. I once found this then spent an hour trying to find it again in the control panel... Crispin and hit.

To: mr.mark who wrote (1112)	12/9/1998 6:52:00 PM
From: Tom Swift	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110614

To shed a file association: START -> Settings -> Folder Options -> File Types The rest is obvious. re:"choose the "open with" option. select the application you want. make sure the "always use this program..." box is checked." crispin, i would disagree with the portion of your instruction that says make sure the "always use this program..." box is checked. in doing so, one has effectively locked themselves into that choice for, i think, eternity. by that i mean i have never found a way to "unselect" or undo the "open with" choice once it is made. if one chooses incorrectly, the file is virtually locked away. (i am sure there is a work around for this, but no one i know knows it.) :) i've learned that lesson the hard way. i always make sure that the "always use this program" box is not checked.