How to set association with Windows Vista?

Asked by AshlynM (10684

) September 11th, 2011

My D drive (the dvd/cd drive) gives me an error that says this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations control panel. I can’t play my cd without performing this action.

Problem is I don’t know what I’m looking for when creating an association. Can someone provide a step by step guide on how to fix this error? Thanks.

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You need to right click the file itself, hover over “open with…” Click choose default program and the program you need.

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There is no open with option.

AshlynM (10684

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@AshlynM Did you actully go into the CD, and not jsut click on the drive? You need to select one of the actual files.

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Ah, this is a tricky one, it happens from time to time due to stupid virus infections. I’m not sure how to really “fix” this, but as a trick to work around it, hit Windows+R, type “explorer D:\”, and hit Enter.

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Or right click the drive and hit explore. By the way @tlm
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