File association problem

I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder installed.
Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were associated
with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer. They've
somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out refuses to
allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear as an option in
Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse to the program
location and select the appropriate EXE file, the association still stays
Adobe Acrobat.

Any suggestions?

Thanx,

Buddha

Try using System Restore back to a date prior to the problem.

"Buddha" wrote:

> I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder installed.
> Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were associated
> with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer. They've
> somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out refuses to
> allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear as an option in
> Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse to the program
> location and select the appropriate EXE file, the association still stays
> Adobe Acrobat.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Buddha
>
>

Tony,

I'd prefer to avoid using System Restore for this particular problem since
I'm not sure when it actually started and I may undo so much stuff as to
make it more trouble than it's worth. The Resume Builder itself still works
fine, it's just the file association I'm having problems with.

Thanx,

Buddha


"Tony UK" <tonyUK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D7FEA9DD-5196-4E4A-9544-61E4D552171F@microsoft.com...
> Try using System Restore back to a date prior to the problem.
>
> "Buddha" wrote:
>
>> I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder
>> installed.
>> Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were associated
>> with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer. They've
>> somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out refuses
>> to
>> allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear as an option
>> in
>> Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse to the program
>> location and select the appropriate EXE file, the association still stays
>> Adobe Acrobat.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Buddha
>>
>>

"Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message news:D609EA7B-3B92-4A87-8520-5FCE4D9E70A9@microsoft.com...
> I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder installed.
> Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were associated
> with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer. They've
> somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out refuses to
> allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear as an option in
> Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse to the program
> location and select the appropriate EXE file, the association still stays
> Adobe Acrobat.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Buddha


Try pressing the shift-key and right-clicking the .rb4 file and selecting ' Open with...'.
Browse to the program you want and select it.
Make sure the 'Always use selected program....' box is selected.
Ok your way out.

Uninstall Acrobat, check the file association. If you still can't correct it
uninstall the resume software and reinstall it. Reinstall a current version
of Acrobat and monitor which file extensions it associates itself with,
assuming that is selectable during install.

"Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message
news:uE%23Cj7xjJHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Tony,
>
> I'd prefer to avoid using System Restore for this particular problem since
> I'm not sure when it actually started and I may undo so much stuff as to
> make it more trouble than it's worth. The Resume Builder itself still
> works
> fine, it's just the file association I'm having problems with.
>
> Thanx,
>
> Buddha
>
>
> "Tony UK" <tonyUK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D7FEA9DD-5196-4E4A-9544-61E4D552171F@microsoft.com...
>> Try using System Restore back to a date prior to the problem.
>>
>> "Buddha" wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder
>>> installed.
>>> Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were associated
>>> with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer. They've
>>> somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out refuses
>>> to
>>> allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear as an
>>> option in
>>> Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse to the program
>>> location and select the appropriate EXE file, the association still
>>> stays
>>> Adobe Acrobat.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanx,
>>>
>>> Buddha
>>>
>>>
>

The program isn't listed, so the approach you suggest is what I've tried
several times. R-Click, Open With, Browse, etc.

It doesn't take for whatever evil reason. I can change from Adobe to just
about anything listed, none of which is correct, but if I browse to
something not on the list, the OK option is grayed out.

Buddha
"Dave-UK" <here@home.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message
> news:D609EA7B-3B92-4A87-8520-5FCE4D9E70A9@microsoft.com...
>> I'm running Vista Home Premium. I have Sarmsoft Resume Builder
>> installed. Until recently, my resume files, with an .rb4 extension, were
>> associated with the program and displayed the program's icon in Explorer.
>> They've somehow become associated with Adobe Acrobat, and Vista flat out
>> refuses to allow me to correct this. The parent program doesn't appear
>> as an option in Control Panel for associating files, and after I browse
>> to the program location and select the appropriate EXE file, the
>> association still stays Adobe Acrobat.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Buddha
>
>
> Try pressing the shift-key and right-clicking the .rb4 file and selecting
> ' Open with...'.
> Browse to the program you want and select it.
> Make sure the 'Always use selected program....' box is selected.
> Ok your way out.
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message news:610D039C-D0E3-42DE-8F03-4659DCE967BB@microsoft.com...
> The program isn't listed, so the approach you suggest is what I've tried
> several times. R-Click, Open With, Browse, etc.
>
> It doesn't take for whatever evil reason. I can change from Adobe to just
> about anything listed, none of which is correct, but if I browse to
> something not on the list, the OK option is grayed out.
>

Have you tried what RalfG suggested, i.e. uninstall Sarmsoft Resume Builder and re-install it ?

I was hoping to avoid that hassle. With XP, and every other version of
Windows I've used over the years, I could associate a file with any
executable I wanted. As usual, Vista is being uncooperative.

Buddha

"Dave-UK" <here@home.com> wrote in message
news:gYGdney846T8fgbUnZ2dnUVZ8s7inZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>
> "Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message
> news:610D039C-D0E3-42DE-8F03-4659DCE967BB@microsoft.com...
>> The program isn't listed, so the approach you suggest is what I've tried
>> several times. R-Click, Open With, Browse, etc.
>>
>> It doesn't take for whatever evil reason. I can change from Adobe to
>> just
>> about anything listed, none of which is correct, but if I browse to
>> something not on the list, the OK option is grayed out.
>>
>
> Have you tried what RalfG suggested, i.e. uninstall Sarmsoft Resume
> Builder and re-install it ?
>
>
>
>

"Buddha" <TEPonta@SBCGlobal.net> wrote in message news:E89A091C-EC09-43F5-B7AD-1E171909DE0E@microsoft.com...
> I was hoping to avoid that hassle. With XP, and every other version of
> Windows I've used over the years, I could associate a file with any
> executable I wanted. As usual, Vista is being uncooperative.
>

Well uninstalling / re-installing would be my next move.
Good luck.