Changed file association...help!!

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ashwa

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hello...i am using windows xp professional edition...

by mistake i have changed the association of .dat file with notepad

was trying to open .dat with media player with the 'open with' option n the the choose program option n by mistake i chose the 'notepad' n forgot to uncheck the 'always use the selected program to open this kind of file'

so now everytime i try to open a .dat file it open in notepad...

can anyone help or do i need to reinstall my xp?

regards.
 
Right click on the .dat file, then go down to the Open With menu, and click Choose Program.

That should give you the option to select the media player that you want to open it with, and then it should have the checkbox for always using that program for that type of file.

Regards :)
 
To remove the wrong association, go to Tools->Folder options->File Types and just remove the DAT entry.
 
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