This gets even more bizzaro. I deleted the MDB file that the app uses for
data. Not recycle bin, but permanently deleted it. The file does not appear
in Windows Explorer. Get this, though. When I open the program, it behaves
as if it is there.

"Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What's the deal??? I downloaded an executable file to my computer, click
> on
> it, and up came a dialog window wanting me to associate a program with an
> .exe file. I happened to know that this particular file was a self
> extracting
> zip file so I selected WinZip. Only because I couldn't launch the file
> without selecting something. Now whenever I click on an executable file
> WinZip is launched. To make matters even worse there appears to be no way
> to
> remove the file assocation. You can only change it. This is not an
> improvment
> over XP. Does anyone have an answer to this?