WinXP tweaking
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could assist me with something I've encountered with WinXP. I'm using XP Professional. It used to be when I tried to open a file with an unrecognised extension, a list of programs would pop up to let me choose which to use. Now, first a dialog pops up asking me to choose between a web service or a program. I have to choose program before the dialog with the list of apps pops up for me to select from. I don't even seem to be able to use shift (or ctrl or alt) right click to get the context menu to bring up the dialog list any more. Does anyone know how to stop this extra dialog from popping up? I know it's only an extra two or three mouse clicks, but it is quite annoying.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could assist me with something I've encountered with WinXP. I'm using XP Professional. It used to be when I tried to open a file with an unrecognised extension, a list of programs would pop up to let me choose which to use. Now, first a dialog pops up asking me to choose between a web service or a program. I have to choose program before the dialog with the list of apps pops up for me to select from. I don't even seem to be able to use shift (or ctrl or alt) right click to get the context menu to bring up the dialog list any more. Does anyone know how to stop this extra dialog from popping up? I know it's only an extra two or three mouse clicks, but it is quite annoying.
Londo wrote: Now, first a dialog pops up asking me to choose between a web service or a program. I have to choose program before the dialog with the list of apps pops up for me to select from. I don't even seem to be able to use shift (or ctrl or alt) right click to get the context menu to bring up the dialog list any more. I don't know the answer, but I sympathise. Microsoft has for a long time had an obsession about forcing you to connect to the Internet and use some web service --- in spite of the fact that doing so is invariably slower and more error-prone. It used to annoy me incredibly when the MSDN library was always trying to dial up the Internet when I clicked on particular topics. The Windows Update facility and the way they try to force you to get new versions of the Platform SDK using a web installer (you can no longer just download the CD) are other examples. Unfortunately, when Microsoft gets it into its head to do something a particular way, it is always a battle to get around it. John Carson
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could assist me with something I've encountered with WinXP. I'm using XP Professional. It used to be when I tried to open a file with an unrecognised extension, a list of programs would pop up to let me choose which to use. Now, first a dialog pops up asking me to choose between a web service or a program. I have to choose program before the dialog with the list of apps pops up for me to select from. I don't even seem to be able to use shift (or ctrl or alt) right click to get the context menu to bring up the dialog list any more. Does anyone know how to stop this extra dialog from popping up? I know it's only an extra two or three mouse clicks, but it is quite annoying.
Install Win2K. It's the only way I know to make the constant annoyances built in to this total failure of an operating system go away. The only thing it does well is booting - in every other respect it is a complete abortion. The most trivial of critical functions are missing, and none of the additional features are in any way desirable. Even the resource kit documentation has finally become as worthless as the online help has always been. That took a great deal of effort to accomplish... gotta give them credit for a bad job well done.
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Londo wrote: Now, first a dialog pops up asking me to choose between a web service or a program. I have to choose program before the dialog with the list of apps pops up for me to select from. I don't even seem to be able to use shift (or ctrl or alt) right click to get the context menu to bring up the dialog list any more. I don't know the answer, but I sympathise. Microsoft has for a long time had an obsession about forcing you to connect to the Internet and use some web service --- in spite of the fact that doing so is invariably slower and more error-prone. It used to annoy me incredibly when the MSDN library was always trying to dial up the Internet when I clicked on particular topics. The Windows Update facility and the way they try to force you to get new versions of the Platform SDK using a web installer (you can no longer just download the CD) are other examples. Unfortunately, when Microsoft gets it into its head to do something a particular way, it is always a battle to get around it. John Carson
John Carson wrote: The Windows Update facility and the way they try to force you to get new versions of the Platform SDK using a web installer (you can no longer just download the CD) are other examples. You can still download the complete Platform SDK from the site... - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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John Carson wrote: The Windows Update facility and the way they try to force you to get new versions of the Platform SDK using a web installer (you can no longer just download the CD) are other examples. You can still download the complete Platform SDK from the site... - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
Anders Molin wrote: You can still download the complete Platform SDK from the site... I went to the Platform SDK site and hunted around a bit...and you are right. You used to be able to get the Platform SDK from a FTP site. That is no longer possible, so I thought the option no longer existed. But I see now that if you go to http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ and click on Downloads->Full Download, then you can get the whole thing. Thanks for the information. John Carson
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Install Win2K. It's the only way I know to make the constant annoyances built in to this total failure of an operating system go away. The only thing it does well is booting - in every other respect it is a complete abortion. The most trivial of critical functions are missing, and none of the additional features are in any way desirable. Even the resource kit documentation has finally become as worthless as the online help has always been. That took a great deal of effort to accomplish... gotta give them credit for a bad job well done.
Roger Wright wrote: gotta give them credit for a bad job well done :-D _____________________ "So in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too." Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut