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Re: OFF TOPIC - file association/metastock



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Sean,
  Start  Windows Explorer then go ( Tools, Folder Options, File Types).
  I think your other option would be to re-install MS.


 Good Luck
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Taylor" <sean.taylor@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Metastock List" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: OFF TOPIC - file association/metastock


> The internet links in my Metastock installation don't work.  i.e. under
> Help/Equis on the Web, also the custom buttons.
>
> I think the problem has something to do with Netscape (or now lack of it).
> I'd been using IE and was fed up with it crashing every 5 minutes (I'm
using
> ME as well - bad choice, 98 1st edition was more stable).  Anyway, I tried
> Netscape 6 and found that it took several minutes to load and didn't work
> with several websites - so I uninstalled it.  Went back to IE.
> I think Netscape modified what windows used to call file associations such
> that executing an internet address defaults to running netscape.  It's
this
> that is causing the problem (just a guess).
> Anybody know how to change the default program associated with a file
type?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>