| File Associations | | | | you have installed on your machine. When it loads |
| Setting what opens with what. | | | | scroll down the list and look for the file type |
| | | | which you wish to change. In my case the .wav |
| NOTE: | | | | file format. |
| Before continuing with this tutorial please read the | | | | • Highlight the file association you wish the edit |
| terms and conditions of use by clicking here | | | | and then click change below. |
| BEGIN: | | | | • Select the program you wish to open the file |
| You may need to have administrative rights to | | | | from the list. If the program you require is not in |
| carry out the steps below. | | | | the list then click ‘browse’ and select it |
| • Click start, then Control Panel. | | | | from your ‘program files’ folder. |
| • Double click ‘Folder Options’ (on | | | | • Once you have selected the program click |
| classic view control panel) to open the Folder | | | | ‘OK’ and then ‘Close’ on the |
| Options window. | | | | dialog below. |
| • You will now see three tabs at the top, the | | | | • You can now also close the control panel if |
| default selected being general. Click the ‘File | | | | you haven’t done so already. |
| Types’ tab. | | | | You can repeat this process as much as you wish |
| • You may now need to wait for a while all | | | | but make sure you are associating the file types |
| your file types’ load into the selection box; | | | | with a program which supports the opening of it. |
| this will depend on how many different programs | | | | |