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| How do I get into XP's root folder for Folder Options > File Types > Change > Recommended Programs, to show the listings (to delete)? I screwed up; & wound up with 2 different icons from the same program under "Recommended Programs."
I was in the process of choosing a program to open a specific type file...in this case, "WaveLab," to open all .wav files. There were 2 icons in the WaveLab program folder which I browsed to, one for WaveLab.exe; & one for WaveLab-app.exe. I chose the latter, which was the wrong one. I went back later & selected the right one, but now, I have two identical WaveLab icons under Recommended Programs (one undistinguishable from the other); & although WaveLab is now correctly my default app for opening .wav files, the WaveLab icon is not displayed in any Explorer window...only the default icon for Windows Wave Audio is displayed, which I don't want.
I simply want to go back to square one, remove all the WaveLab icons from Recommended Programs; & start again; & wind up with the WaveLab icon displayed for all .wav files.
Can this be done?
Thanks,
mark4man
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| [QUOTE=mark4man]I simply want to go back to square one, remove all the WaveLab icons from Recommended Programs; & start again; & wind up with the WaveLab icon displayed for all .wav files.
Can this be done?[/QUOTE]
System restore, if you don't get any other suggestions.
Cheers
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| mark4,
If you don't have a recent Restore Point you can drop back to, this works: Go to the File Types panel, type w to drop to the w's, scroll to WAV (which will show the icon you DON'T want, presumably), click on WAV, and click the Remove button. Say OK or Yes to the warning that you won't be able to open ... blah. Close File Types and go to a .wav file and right click> Open With> Choose Program ... and THIS time, choose the right one carefully and check the Always Open box. That resets the association for .wav.
I've forgotten: you may have to reboot before the icons will change, and you might even have to go back into File Types later to change the icon for WAV there. But it all works out.
Wisewiz
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