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Windows 7 file associations
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| Domesticated |
I've googled the out of this and haven't found anything. I even downloaded a utility which is supposed to fix the problem and got nothing.
Windows 7 Starter Edition won't remember my associations, even when I repeatedly change them both in the 'Default Programs' menu in the control panel, as well as multiple 'open with...>always use this program' attempts.
With PDFs I prefer Foxit to Acrobat, and I actually uninstalled Acrobat. Now Windows doesn't know how to open PDFs unless I do it manually. The same is true with all my other programs and file types.
Any ideas? |
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| Ivand |
| WHY THE do you have windows 7 starter edition? are you some 13 years old Angolan or something? |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | | Windows 7 Starter is the edition of Windows 7 that contains the least features. The Windows Aero theme is not included in this version, and it is not available in a 64-bit variant. The desktop wallpaper, and Visual Style (Windows 7 Basic) is also not user-changeable. This edition is available pre-installed on computers, especially netbooks, through system integrators or computer manufacturers. |
What the ?! |
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
What the ?! |
Less features = lighter operating system.
Netbooks = low spec pieces of that need light operating system. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
Less features = lighter operating system.
Netbooks = low spec pieces of that need light operating system. |
To be fair though, Domesticated has just begun a world trip. If he's travelling with a netbook, then I'd say it was a ing smart move on his part. Less stuff carried/less weight = win. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
To be fair though, Domesticated has just begun a world trip. If he's travelling with a netbook, then I'd say it was a ing smart move on his part. Less stuff carried/less weight = win. |
i hope he's enjoying his trip to microsoft help centre :haha: |
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| Jarvmeister |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
To be fair though, Domesticated has just begun a world trip. If he's travelling with a netbook, then I'd say it was a ing smart move on his part. Less stuff carried/less weight = win. |
Oh yeah - totally. I just get a little tired of going out to jobs where people tell me that their new laptop runs really slow. I get there and they've got a netbook which was free with a mobile phone contract, and they expect it to play the latest games.
But for life on the move, and especially a world trip, there's no other way to go. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i hope he's enjoying his trip to microsoft help centre :haha: |
Around here, we refer to it as 'The COR' thank you very much :o
:p |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i hope he's enjoying his trip to microsoft help centre :haha: |
Actually, besides this little issue, Windows 7 is the ing business. It runs beautifully.
So no ideas for how to solve my problem? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Actually, besides this little issue, Windows 7 is the ing business. It runs beautifully.
So no ideas for how to solve my problem? |
The only way to solve it, is to get Home Basic at the very least. A lot of things were disabled with starter. Including a lot of basic customisations. I could be wrong, but that was the impression I was under previously. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
So no ideas for how to solve my problem? |
sorry buddy, never used 7 or a netbook. |
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