Re: Keep losing file associations
From: Alan Edwards (edwards_at_southcom.com.au)
Date: 11/07/05
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Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:34:21 +1100
Sorry, I have no idea what you mean by "Help and Support section".
Nobody except you can move your original post to another newsgroup.
If you have trouble with the quirky web interface you seem to be
using, then please consider a proper newsreader.
Outlook Express Newsreader-Setting up
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews
...Alan
-- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 17:38:47 -0800, "homebrew" <homebrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I'll look into trying this. Thanks. > >BTW, I know it is not a secutiry topic, The Help and support section >automatically opened me into Security. Although I selected Windows/ File >System/Windows 2000 File System and Svcs and thought that is where the post >went, unfortunately, this is where the Help and Support Browser placed the >post. > >I find this older version of the Help and Support section to be much better >than this one. > >Could someone please move this to the appropriate location? Thanks. > >"Alan Edwards" wrote: > >> This is an operating system question, not security. >> >> It looks like your icon cache size is too small. >> Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg >> which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of >> errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 >> Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end >> of a line. >> The last line must be blank. >> Doubleclick fix.reg >> >> >> -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ >> REGEDIT4 >> >> >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer] >> "Max Cached Icons"="2048" >> >> >> ---- end file above here >> >> ....Alan >> -- >> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer >> http://dts-l.org/index.html >> >> On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:50:01 -0800, "homebrew" >> <homebrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >On my computer at work, my file associations with several AutoCAD ADT 2006 >> >files keep resetting to the file wrong icons. This is very annoying as I use >> >the icons to easily identify drawings (.dwg) from backup files (.bak), plot >> >files (.plt) and other files. >> >Using: Tools / Folder Options / FileTypes / Advanced / Change Icons I >> >select the file type, browse to the .dll or .exe file where the correct icon >> >is stored and pick the icon. This ressets it correctly, for about half the >> >day. Then the icons reset back to what they're NOT supposed to be. >> >I have found several file icons for AutoCAD have been mis-associated. Is >> >there another way, maybe using something in the registry, to permanantly >> >correct this issue? >>
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