Re: set associations error

> Now, I've browsed this forum a bit, and I learned the Set Associations
> panel is for setting the default program for opening a file type. But my
> issue is this: I'm getting this error message when I tried to open up a
> computer game (specifically, Sacred.exe). What should I set to open up
> exe programs? I've looked on the Set Associations panel, and I don't
> see .exe on the list of file types.
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I am guessing here.
Could it be that when you run the EXE file the EXE files tries to open
another type of file used by the game that does not have an Association set
?

On Wed, 5 May 2010 11:19:42 -0400, Frank Drew Leyda wrote:

>> Now, I've browsed this forum a bit, and I learned the Set Associations
>> panel is for setting the default program for opening a file type. But my
>> issue is this: I'm getting this error message when I tried to open up a
>> computer game (specifically, Sacred.exe). What should I set to open up
>> exe programs? I've looked on the Set Associations panel, and I don't
>> see .exe on the list of file types.
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> I am guessing here.
> Could it be that when you run the EXE file the EXE files tries to open
> another type of file used by the game that does not have an Association set
> ?

Not likely. A program opens files explicitly (by using API calls inside the
program). The file association database is just in effect a table telling
the OS (1) which program to run to open a file when the user double clicks
its name, and (2) how to get the filename to the program.

--
Gene E. Bloch

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>> I am guessing here.
>> Could it be that when you run the EXE file the EXE files tries to open
>> another type of file used by the game that does not have an Association
>> set .
>
> Not likely. A program opens files explicitly (by using API calls inside
> the
> program). The file association database is just in effect a table telling
> the OS (1) which program to run to open a file when the user double clicks
> its name, and (2) how to get the filename to the program.
> Gene E. Bloch
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I learned something.
Thank you