set association control panel

I am trying to redownload a game: bigcityadventuresanfranciscofull.rgp from
Real Arcade and I get the message: "This file does not have a program
associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the
Set Association control panel." I understand about going into the control
panel, finding default programs but don't know what to do next. I can't find
the .rgp extension and do not know how to create it.
I could play this game running XP but when I upgraded to Vista, I can't
redownload it.
Thanks.

I am trying to open microsoft powerpoint slide show and i get this error
message: This file does not have a program association with it for performing
this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. How
do i do this?

Control Panel -> Default Programs -> Associate a file type or protocol
with a program.

Though I haven't had much luck getting Vista to actually use the program
I tell it to use for a paticular file type. There's a program "Creative
Element Power Tools", which has an "Edit file type associations" (File
Type Doctor) which supposedly gives you the power to set file type
associations, something that Windows XP had by default, but for some
reason that ability is completely missing from Vista. 45 day free trial,
so might as well try it to see if it works:

http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/

(Though I'm still having problems getting Vista to associate a program
with a file type.)

when trying to open an attachment in my emails the message"this file does not have a programe associated with it for performing this action. create an association in the set association control panel" can you please tell where to find what I'm looking for. thanking you regards sandy

Hi,

Associations are found in the control panel/default programs dialog. Use
"set program access and computer defaults".

What type of attachment is it? You need to have a program on your system
that supports the file type in order to open it.

That message is a very poor and misleading one. Almost invariably,
when you get that message, it simply means that you don't have
installed an appropriate program to run that particular kind of file.

The reason the misleading message is displayed is that when you
install a program, the installation creates something called an
"association" between the program and the extension (the last three
characters of the file name, after the dot) or extensions that the
program is designed to handle.

So, for example, if you install Microsoft Excel, an association will
be created between Excel and the extension .xls. The result is that if
you try to open an .xls file, Windows will look at that association
and know that it should use Excel to open it.

If it can't find an association for .xls files, it's either because
Excel or some compatible program hasn't been installed, or the
association has somehow become lost or damaged. So it displays the
message it does, assuming that the association is missing, although
it's far more likely that you just don't have the right program
installed.

So, almost certainly, you simply don't have the right program
installed to view the file you received. For more specific help, tell
us what the extension of the file is.

By the way, I'll add my customary warning about opening such
attachments:

Opening such attachments is very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.

Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. create an association in set association control panel".

The auto-play box no longer appears. In the error message box there is no
clue as to what the file is, therefore when you go to the 'set association
control panel' there is no reference to F:/.

I've downloaded thousands of images previously via the Windows Live photo
Gallery in Auto-play and as the other poster noted, this error seems only to
have occurred after a Windows update.

I have the same message coming up for exe files as wwell as everything else.
I dont have run as admin or open with options on my right mouse clik menu
anymore. I wish i knew what to do - been looking all over the internet for 2
days now.i have the net and luckily my emails ok , have deleted about 50% of
my data but still happens help meee!! aaaah

This is a request to change your handle (to "Ramesh Kumar MVP" or something
else instead of "Ramesh MVP") so people know "Ramesh Srinivasan" and "Ramesh
Kumar" are two different persons. Pls note that I've already changed by
newsgroup handle to reflect my full name.

What kind of file was the attachment that was sent to you? An EXE file or
some other kind? What I'm looking for is whether it's just one extension or
more than one that are affected.

In my e-mali I mreceived an attachment that was .DOC I tried to open
attachment and was told that nothing was specified to open this file. I
tried to go to the "set associations control panel" but could not figure out
how to associate a program with Outlook Express which is my e-mail

But now *all* of your associations, or at least some major ones, are messed
up?

In response to your earlier stat3ement about not being able to run virus
scanners and such, that's true. I wasn't thinking, and if it comes down to
it, you may need to use BartPE or similar to run them from a CD or DVD boot.
Meanwhile, you should actually be able to run REG files directly (or, the
correct term is "Merge" them) without the association being intact.

Here is a REG file that will do the more drastic action Ramesh recommended
and delete your entire UsersChoice key for the EXE extension.

Download this to your Desktop, right-click and Unzip to Here. Or download
and unzip it on another machine if you have to, and figure out some way of
getting it onto your Desktop. My guess is a USB flash drive would work best,
unless autorun is messed up. (There are lots of tricks to try, but I don't
feel like explaining them unless you need them, and I'd need to test many,
just to make sure they work before I pass them on to you.
http://grystmill.com/shared/FileExts.zip

Once the REG file is on your Desktop, right-click and Merge. If you can't
figure out how to get the REG file onto the Desktop, we'll work on that one.

[lucy]

I have a new hp computer and when I want to print something of interest it says I do not have set associations control panel. What to do??

I get the same error message when trying to open pdf files attached to emails. I have Vista on my computer. It never used to have a problem. I figure I ran some update and it got screwed up. I have tried saving and opening elsewhere, resetting my internet options, reloading adobe reader and setting that as my default program to open pdf's....I am at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ormonde]

A lot of interesting questions but where are the answers. How do I find out which program supports the file type? If so many of us are getting "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION" why is there no simple explanation as to how to get round it

[Elizabeth Allen]

Basically a file is supported by a software or application. In most cases the application and the file type are both by the same company. You can consider the example of Adobe here, adobe provided pdf file extension with adobe reader. Though there are other software that read pdf files. The thing is that the encoding required to read a pdf file is available in adobe reader etc... but not in ms word etc...That is why you have to select an appropriate program to run a specific file type.

[ormonde]

?Thank you very much. How though do I find out which is the appropriate programme to select