How do you change the default opening application?

[marc]

NoOp wrote:

> On 08/05/2009 09:59 AM, marc wrote:
>> Chris Jones wrote:
>> 
>>> marc wrote:
>>>> Changing the default app for an exisiting mime-type is simple, but
>>>> how do you change the default app for "undefined" mime-types?
>>>> 
>>>> When I open a file in a file manager, I want it to open in
>>>> the appropriate application -- and most of the time it does. When the
>>>> file's mime-type does not have an associated app, I want to open the
>>>> file with my application of choice. How do I change this application?
>>>> 
>>>> The problem I have at the moment is that, somehow, the .chm reader
>>>> application that I have installed has become the "fall back"
>>>> application, which is not a good thing.
>>>
>>> Try right clicking on a file and poke around in the properties. I 
>>> believe in there somewhere you can change the default application 
>>> associated to the file type.
>
> Right click and select Properties|Open With|Add
> You can then add the application if it's not already there. Select 'Use
> Custom Command to put in the path of the app if it's not listed in your
> applications.

Yes, tes, I know, but this isn't what I'm asking.

-- 
Best,
Marc

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