Re: OFF TOPIC - file association/metastock

["Sean Taylor" <sean.taylor@xxxxxxxx>]

Mike,
Perfect - worked a treat.  Took a while to find the "URL:HyperText Transfer
Protocol" file type but it works.

Thanks,
Sean


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike_" <Mike_@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - file association/metastock


> 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
> >
>
>