Something's gone awry (again)

[mikeb]

OK, here is my short question: Is there a way in Windows Vista
(Ultimate, SP2) that I can edit and alter file associations other than
the method outlined in the Help file (which is to right-click on a
file, then click on Open With ...)?

Long explanation.

I'm having network troubles, so I reboot my router and my Windows,
just to make sure everything is clean.

During startup, a file opens on my desktop in in TextPad (a utility
that I have installed since December, but have not used or made
changes to in recent months). This file is in C:\Users\Mike\AppData
\Local\Temp and is named nos_uninstall_Adobe.bat

It seems to be a part of an Adobe installation cleanup:

@echo off
:again
del "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.dll" >> NUL
sleep 1
if exist "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.dll"
goto again
del "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.bat"

Now I'm trying to run this and I just can't. If I right-click on the
file, there is no Open With... in the context menu. THe default action
seems to be to open the file with TextPad. However, if I check
TextPad's Preferences, there are no filetypes associated with TextPad
(this is how I recall I installed it) Furthermore, I'm not so silly as
to associate a .bat file by default with a text editor, though I can
see how a person might make such a mistake.

If I click on Edit in the context menu, Textpad also opens the file.

I tried Run from the Start menu, typing in the path and filename and
lo and behold, Textpad again.

What the heck happened and is going on here?

Oh BTW. Yes, I am Admin and have Admin rights.

{Omitted obligatory anti-Vista rant}

Thanks for any help or pointers.

[mikeb]

On Sep 14, 1:11

[lemur]

Hi Mike,

Try this...

At the administrator command prompt (cmd.exe) type -assoc.file_type=-
Where -file_type- is the extension of the file type for which you want
to remove the application association. Next time it will ask you what
to open the file type with.


--
lemur

Please click on rep icon if I've been of any help.
Thanks!

[mikeb]

On Sep 14, 3:45

[gene e. bloch]

On 9/14/09, the entity MikeB wrote this:
> On Sep 14, 3:45?

[mikeb]

On Sep 15, 4:16

[bill sharpe]

MikeB wrote:
> OK, here is my short question: Is there a way in Windows Vista
> (Ultimate, SP2) that I can edit and alter file associations other than
> the method outlined in the Help file (which is to right-click on a
> file, then click on Open With ...)?
>
> Long explanation.
>
> I'm having network troubles, so I reboot my router and my Windows,
> just to make sure everything is clean.
>
> During startup, a file opens on my desktop in in TextPad (a utility
> that I have installed since December, but have not used or made
> changes to in recent months). This file is in C:\Users\Mike\AppData
> \Local\Temp and is named nos_uninstall_Adobe.bat
>
> It seems to be a part of an Adobe installation cleanup:
>
> @echo off
> :again
> del "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.dll" >> NUL
> sleep 1
> if exist "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.dll"
> goto again
> del "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\Temp\nos_uninstall_Adobe.bat"
>
> Now I'm trying to run this and I just can't. If I right-click on the
> file, there is no Open With... in the context menu. THe default action
> seems to be to open the file with TextPad. However, if I check
> TextPad's Preferences, there are no filetypes associated with TextPad
> (this is how I recall I installed it) Furthermore, I'm not so silly as
> to associate a .bat file by default with a text editor, though I can
> see how a person might make such a mistake.
>
> If I click on Edit in the context menu, Textpad also opens the file.
>
> I tried Run from the Start menu, typing in the path and filename and
> lo and behold, Textpad again.
>
> What the heck happened and is going on here?
>
> Oh BTW. Yes, I am Admin and have Admin rights.
>
> {Omitted obligatory anti-Vista rant}
>
> Thanks for any help or pointers.

Have you tried running the batch file from a command prompt?

Bill

[mikeb]

On Sep 15, 11:38