catholiclibertarian
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Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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Location: Austin, TX
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 Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: Windows Defaults and file types |
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Is there a way to make Windows XP have OOo be the default for opening MS Office files, .doc, .xls, .ppt, but still maintain them as a Microsoft Word (excel, etc.) document in Windows Explorer.
i.e. that the files maintain a different icon whither they are ODS or XLS and/or when I sort by file type it puts them in different groups. |
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Timoshii
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Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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There is a way to do this, however it involves either an external program (I think that there may be one or two out there i am not sure) or to edit the registry manually (which is not recommended as you can do some serious damage to the system).
If it is really important to you then send me an email and I can possibly organize something with you if you would like...
timothy.bunston@dark-spire.com
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