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Monthly Archives: February 2012
How to Delete File Associations (Default Programs) in Windows 7
In windows XP this was easy, in Windows 7, apparently one needs to edit the registry as suggested here:
Let XYZ be the extension you want to deassociate.
With a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe),
1. go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts
remove the subtree .XYZ
2. go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
remove the subtree .XYZ
remove the subtree XYZ_auto_file
When I tried this, step 1 seems to suffice. Why it has to be so complicated is beyond my understanding.
Posted in MS-Windows Platform, Tips & Tricks
Tagged Default Program, File association, Registry, Win7
MS-Office Custom Dictionary File
So you worked tirelessly and updated your custom dictionary on MS-Windows with all your specific technical terms of your area of work and then you get a new computer or a new hard drive and all is gone. How to avoid this? Simply copy the file “Custom.dic” from your old installation to the new one. Where is it? Here: “UsersUSERNAMEAppDataRoamingMicrosoftUProof”; simply replace “USERNAME” with your login ID.
Posted in MS-Windows Platform, Tips & Tricks
Outlook Settings File Location – Autocompletion
One of the annoying aspects of working on a new computer is that Outlook does not know your past recipients. Name completion in e-mails only works for previous recipients. There is a simple solution. Copy the Outlook settings file from your old default installation to the new one. But where is it? On Windows 7, the file is called “MS Exchange Settings.NK2” and can be found here: “C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataRoamingMicrosoftOutlook”; simply replace “USERNAME” with your login ID.
Posted in MS-Windows Platform, Tips & Tricks