How do I change which program opens a file?

Question

Using W98, Ive seen the dialogue box a million times, but if I've already chosen an opening program, (incorrectly) it has that icon and there's no "open with" choice when you right-click on the file itself.

It is a zip file, and i've never needed winzip or anything in the past, however, i recently went from Walmart/Netscape (which had it's own unzipper) to Quest DSL, maybe i havent downloaded a .zip since then. I associated it to Wall/Net and then WallNet said it could only make it a text file. Do I need winzip or whatever to open zip files now?

Answer 1

Actually, I'm not sure but this is what I would try:

Try right-clicking on the icon, select Properties. See if it tells you what type of file it is.

Open a Word document and try Insert, file.

If that doesn't work, try opening Notepad, then click File, Open -- here you will browse to find the file.

If Notebook opens it, click File, Save as. Save it as a txt file. You can insert it in Word or select all the text and copy it into a Word file -- if this works.

I'd be interested in knowing if it works for you.

Answer 2

right click the file and hit properties. Under the general tab it will tell you what program it opens with. To the right of that there is a button that says change. click the button, and select the program you want to open the file. Note: all files with that extension will open with that program after you make the change. if you want to just use a different program once, right click it an select open with.

Answer 3

Start Run

winfile [ enter ]

highlight file

click File, Associate, choose program to open file with