"Open with" refuses to change with updated Vista

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I have an old Win 3.1 Cardfile.exe with a current Cardfile.CRD.

Even Win XP Pro had issues with changing the "Open with ..."

I want Cardfile.CRD to Open with Cardfile.exe .. which I have placed
into the Windows directory.

I can browse to Cardfile.exe in Vista but after either selecting or
double clicking the Open with file "Windows Cardspace".

Any help appreciated!!

EagleOne

"EagleOne" <> wrote
> I have an old Win 3.1 Cardfile.exe with a current Cardfile.CRD.
> Even Win XP Pro had issues with changing the "Open with ..."
> I want Cardfile.CRD to Open with Cardfile.exe .. which I have placed
> into the Windows directory.
> I can browse to Cardfile.exe in Vista but after either selecting or
> double clicking the Open with file "Windows Cardspace".

Hi EagleOne,

You need to associate the *.CRD Extension with the CardFile application. In
Vista, by deafult, the CRD extension is associated with CardSapce. CardSpace
is a fairly new identity management system developed by Microsoft - it's
like a successor to the failed Passport project, and a competitor to the
Higgins system adopted by several other vendors. Maybe CardSpace will catch
on in time, but it is not widely used today.

You can check the association of a file extension by running these commands:

C:\Users\User>assoc .crd
..crd=Microsoft.InformationCard

C:\Users\User>ftype Microsoft.InformationCard
Microsoft.InformationCard=C:\Windows\System32\rund ll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\infocardcpl.cpl,ImportInformat ionCard_RunDll %1

This tells you that when you double-click a file with an extension of *.CRD,
Vista thinks, "Hmm, this is a document of the Microsoft.InformationCard
type. To open a document of type Microsoft.InformationCard, I need to run
the command C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe<etc>".

You can also use these commands to *change* and association. First, you need
to open a command prompt as an Administrator. Find the Command Prompt icon
in the Start menu, right-click, and choose "Run as Administrator" from the
context menu. Enter the Administrator consent, when prompted. Then run these
commands ...

C:\Windows\system32>assoc .crd=CardFile31

C:\Windows\system32>ftype CardFile31=C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE %1

I called the document type "CardFile31" to distinguish the 3.1 version of
CardFile from any other applications which might be called CardFile. In the
ftype command, replace "C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE" with the correct path for
your system (may be the same, but if you put CARDFILE.EXE anywhere else,
change the path to suit).

Now, double-click on your Cardfile.CRD file. It should open in Card File.

You'll probably want to copy CARDFILE.HLP into the same directory as
CARDFILE.EXE, so that the online help will be available. Although if you've
been using Card File since Windows 3.1, maybe you don't need help any more
:-)

Hope it helps,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Excellent! Thanks

On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:11:49 +1000, "Andrew McLaren"
<> wrote:

>C:\Windows\system32>assoc .crd=CardFile31
>
>C:\Windows\system32>ftype CardFile31=C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE %1
>
>I called the document type "CardFile31" to distinguish the 3.1 version of
>CardFile from any other applications which might be called CardFile. In the
>ftype command, replace "C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE" with the correct path for
>your system (may be the same, but if you put CARDFILE.EXE anywhere else,
>change the path to suit).

Thank you so much for the solution
I have tried the usual ways of association a file type, but none of th
methods worked until I found yours

Great stuff
DDma

Andrew McLaren;406880 Wrote:
> "EagleOne" <> wrot
> > I have an old Win 3.1 Cardfile.exe with a current Cardfile.CRD
> > Even Win XP Pro had issues with changing the "Open with ...
> > I want Cardfile.CRD to Open with Cardfile.exe .. which I have place
> > into the Windows directory
> > I can browse to Cardfile.exe in Vista but after either selecting o
> > double clicking the Open with file "Windows Cardspace"
>
> Hi EagleOne
>
> You need to associate the *.CRD Extension with the CardFil
> application. I
> Vista, by deafult, the CRD extension is associated with CardSapce
> CardSpac
> is a fairly new identity management system developed by Microsoft
> it'
> like a successor to the failed Passport project, and a competitor t
> th
> Higgins system adopted by several other vendors. Maybe CardSpace wil
> catc
> on in time, but it is not widely used today
>
> You can check the association of a file extension by running thes
> commands
>
> C:\Users\User>assoc .cr
> ..crd=Microsoft.InformationCar
>
> C:\Users\User>ftype Microsoft.InformationCar
> Microsoft.InformationCard=C:\Windows\System32\rund ll32.ex
> C:\Windows\System32\infocardcpl.cpl,ImportInformat ionCard_RunDll %
>
> This tells you that when you double-click a file with an extension o
> *.CRD
> Vista thinks, "Hmm, this is a document of the Microsoft.InformationCar
> type. To open a document of type Microsoft.InformationCard, I need t
> ru
> the command C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe<etc>"
>
> You can also use these commands to *change* and association. First, yo
> nee
> to open a command prompt as an Administrator. Find the Command Promp
> ico
> in the Start menu, right-click, and choose "Run as Administrator" fro
> th
> context menu. Enter the Administrator consent, when prompted. Then ru
> thes
> commands ..
>
> C:\Windows\system32>assoc .crd=CardFile3
>
> C:\Windows\system32>ftype CardFile31=C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE %
>
> I called the document type "CardFile31" to distinguish the 3.1 versio
> o
> CardFile from any other applications which might be called CardFile. I
> th
> ftype command, replace "C:\Windows\CARDFILE.EXE" with the correct pat
> fo
> your system (may be the same, but if you put CARDFILE.EXE anywher
> else
> change the path to suit)
>
> Now, double-click on your Cardfile.CRD file. It should open in Car
> File
>
> You'll probably want to copy CARDFILE.HLP into the same directory a
> CARDFILE.EXE, so that the online help will be available. Although i
> you'v
> been using Card File since Windows 3.1, maybe you don't need help an
> mor
> :-
>
> Hope it helps
> -
> Andrew McLare
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot a

--
ddma
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