[X4U] Changing the Default Application

[arniecoleman at adelphia.net]

Yup.  Got that, too!

No joy . . .

-  Arnie

---- William Scammell <bill at wscd.biz> wrote: 

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i don't know if this will help, but do you have the old-fashioned  
filetype suffix after the filename?

e.g. "filename.xls"

b


On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Arnie Coleman wrote:

> Tried that.  It opens okay, but doesn't change the default (or the  
> icon).
>
> -  Arnie
>
> On Mar 2, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Robert Ashton wrote:
>
> Get info on the file and use the open with box. Bob
> On Mar 2, 2006, at 5:32 AM, Arnie Coleman wrote:
>
>> How do I change the default application for a document file?  I  
>> have an Excel spreadsheet that opens in Word when I double click  
>> it.  When I right-click the file's icon (which is generic) and  
>> select "Open with . . .",  MS Word is shown as the default app.   
>> I've tried opening the file within Excel (which works okay) then  
>> doing a "Save As", but that doesn't help.
>>
>> Thanks in advance . . .
>>
>> -  Arnie


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