How do you change the default opening application?

Tony Baldwin photodharma at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 16:45:16 UTC 2009


marc wrote:

>>>> 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.
>>>
>> Well you've got me there... Just what _are_ you asking then?
> 
> To change the default app when a filetype/mimetype doesn't exist. When
> the system has no idea what the file is.
> 

Do YOU know what kind of file it is?
Without that little tidbit, we can't tell you what application to use to 
open it.
What is the file extension?

/tony
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