Open File With - Disaster

Hi
Somebody managed to associate the .zip extension in Windows Explorer with
Adobe so every time they click on a zip it brings up Adobe and crashes. I
cannot find a way to remove an invalid association such as this, nor can I
find a way to add back the zipped file type. I have managed to force a
partial solution by adding the Explorer.exe from the C:\Windows directory as
an option but I would rather have a proper fix than this kludge.
My best guess is that they right clicked on one zip file then doubleclicked
on "open with" which of course did not have an association so it grabbed the
alphabetical first item Adobe. A bit of a hassle as all MYOB backups are
zips.
Thanks
Vista Ultimate

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Peter McMurray

File association fixes for Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Peter" <excalibur21.nospam@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Somebody managed to associate the .zip extension in Windows Explorer with
> Adobe so every time they click on a zip it brings up Adobe and crashes. I
> cannot find a way to remove an invalid association such as this, nor can I
> find a way to add back the zipped file type. I have managed to force a
> partial solution by adding the Explorer.exe from the C:\Windows directory
> as an option but I would rather have a proper fix than this kludge.
> My best guess is that they right clicked on one zip file then
> doubleclicked on "open with" which of course did not have an association
> so it grabbed the alphabetical first item Adobe. A bit of a hassle as all
> MYOB backups are zips.
> Thanks
> Vista Ultimate
>
> --
> Peter McMurray

Hi
Sorry I took so long to reply after your prompt response but thank you your
fix worked.
Peter McMurray

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Peter McMurray
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
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> File association fixes for Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Peter" <excalibur21.nospam@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:elFDHYm1IHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> Somebody managed to associate the .zip extension in Windows Explorer with
>> Adobe so every time they click on a zip it brings up Adobe and crashes.
>> I cannot find a way to remove an invalid association such as this, nor
>> can I find a way to add back the zipped file type. I have managed to
>> force a partial solution by adding the Explorer.exe from the C:\Windows
>> directory as an option but I would rather have a proper fix than this
>> kludge.
>> My best guess is that they right clicked on one zip file then
>> doubleclicked on "open with" which of course did not have an association
>> so it grabbed the alphabetical first item Adobe. A bit of a hassle as
>> all MYOB backups are zips.
>> Thanks
>> Vista Ultimate
>>
>> --
>> Peter McMurray
>
>

You're welcome Peter.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Peter" <excalibur21.nospam@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Sorry I took so long to reply after your prompt response but thank you
> your fix worked.
> Peter McMurray
>
> --
> Peter McMurray
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
> news:OqBkQan1IHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> File association fixes for Windows Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>