bvdd Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 After installing the software for my new ATI video card, .wav and .mid files now have the very same icon (ATI's icon). This sucks because now I can't tell which is which unless I open them. When I installed the ATI software I made sure to 'unselect' the default file associations, but the icons changed anyway. Can I get them back without removing the ATI card? (this also happened once before when I upgraded Windows Media Player, so I went back to the old MP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssian Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Man! I'm having the same problem with my ATI card. It took over the .WMV files, and I can't change those back to be opened with Media Player. It drives me bonkers! I have tried right clicking and selecting "Open With" to always have Media Player open the .wmv files, but it only works for that one instance. Next time, I have to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Karl Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Simply open 'My Computer', go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Folder Options'. Select the 'File Type' tab and scroll to .mid/.wav. Highlight the extension and below, next to 'Opens With', select change and select the program you wish this file type to 'open/associate' with. If the program isn't listed you can 'Browse' to the location of the application and select it from there, usualy within C:/Program Files. "When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces,,...I just know they're about to jab me with something." -Homer J. Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdd Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 I did that. The problem is now Windows wants to identify audio and midi files as the same type, insisting that they have the same icon. I've manually changed the icon for each but Folder Options/File Types won't let me separate the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Karl Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Well if you have selected WMP for both they will have the same icon. Go to Folder Options again and to the View tab and uncheck Hide extension for known file type. Then you can identify them by the extension without having to open them. "When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces,,...I just know they're about to jab me with something." -Homer J. Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdd Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Thanx, Yes, I could do that but I'm not crazy about long extensions on file names especially when I didn't have to do that before this video card was installed. In the 'File Types\Extensions' box, BOTH .wav and .mid files are listed together and I can't separate those extensions. That means only ONE icon works for both. There must be a way to change that back so that Windows uses TWO different and separate extensions for wave and midi files .. thus allowing 2 different icons like it did before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Find a file of the type you want to associate, then right click-choose Open With, select the program, AND also check the little box at the bottom that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" Do that for your Midi file using the program you want, then for the other files using the program you want, then of course click OK each time, and your associations should be set. The part you left out was "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdd Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Ok I'll try that. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdd Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 hmmm, Well I can't find "open with" and I can't find "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file". When I right click on a file, all I get is an 'open' option .. not 'open with'. I'm in 98SE ... is that the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 No, it's the same in 98. My Computer > Tools menu > Folder options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 To my limited knowledge, the only way you can separate them is to delete the file type entry, then manually rebuild each one as a new, independent file type. I've looked at it in Win2000, not in Win98, but I've had to do manual changes to file types in Win98 and it's done in the same manner. Unfortunately, you need to look at each command within the file type to ensure any action you take with that file type works the way it's supposed to. Check out all the information in the advanced tab when viewing file types in the folder options menu. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 try to install a winamp player then Use that to easily change the picture and than uninstall winamp. I did it like that once on 98se and millenium edition Fan, nu pissar jag taggtråd igen. Jag skulle inte satt på räpan. http://www.bushcollectors.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssian Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Originally posted by TheWewus: Find a file of the type you want to associate, then right click-choose Open With, select the program, AND also check the little box at the bottom that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"I've tried this too, but it didn't work. Well, it did, but only for that one instance. I did select the "always use the selected program...". I've done this more than once, but it doesn't "keep". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Somewhere in your ati driver setup you should be able to find a properties or setup that is set to always take over the file types. Undo it. There quite a few card drivers, players & other programs that default to that. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.