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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Do you Ever Get This Message?

Windows cannot open this file.

Basically Windows is asking you what program you want to use to open the file with. To fix it you have to set up a file association with it.

Here is how to do that:

VISTA USERS:

Go to Control Panel -> Default Programs -> Associate filetype or protocol with a program

XP USERS:

Follow these steps:
1. Save the file, that cannot be opened, to the desktop
2. Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the Start button, and then click Explore.
3. Right-click the file (should be on the desktop).
4. Click Open With to choose the program that you want.
5. In the Programs list, click the program that you want to use. OR
Click Browse, locate and then click the program that you want to use, and then click Open.
6. Click to select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box if it is not selected.
7. Click OK.
From now on, Windows XP will open all files that have this file name extension in the program that you selected. To change this, you must follow these steps again and associate a different program with this file name extension.

Change Font Size and Style in Windows

1. Right-click an empty area of your desktop, and then click Properties.
2. In Windows XP, click the Appearance tab, and then click Advanced. This will allow you to customize the font, size, or color of individual Windows elements
In Windows VISTA 3. In the Item list or in the preview window, click the Window element that you want to change. When you click the image of the item that you want to change in the preview window, the corresponding item is automatically selected from the drop-down list.
4. In the Size box, specify the size that you want to use for the item.
5. In the Color box, specify the color that you want to use for the item.
To customize item fonts:
6. Click the font that you want to use for the item.
7. In the Size box, specify the font size.
8. In the Color box, specify the color that you want.
9. To apply a bold font, click B. To italicize the font, click I.
As you modify items, you can preview their appearance in the preview window.
When you are finished making changes, click OK two times to save your settings.