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[infernalbob]

can anyone PLZ help me. i need verdix's download in order to modify the models of rtw. everytime i try, it asks me if i want to save it or open it. i click open. but when it opens(after download) the file can't be viewed because the program mplayer2 tries to open it instead. and it obviosly wown't since it's not a wmv. so what i'm trying to say is how can i change the program it uses to open it. i remember getting into the files once and since it was a tga (btw i don't know what .tga is) so i open it with mplayer2 and by aciddent i left the box that says "open everyother document the same way" checked. so whenever i try to open a zip file, it opens with mplayer2. plz someone help, anybody.

[Big_John]

can anyone PLZ help me.

well, can you save it instead of opening it right away?

if so, you should be able to right-click on the file (save it instead of opening) and go to properties. right there in the 'general' tab there should be a field titled "open with:" and then the name of the program that's opening it (mplayer2 in your case) and then there should be a button titled "change...". if you click that change button you should be able to tell windows what program to use to open the file. under the 'recommended programs' choice you should see something called "Compressed (zipped) folders"; this is the default windows zip handler. choosing it should allow you to open the file.

alternatively, you can download a third-party program that will steal the file-association from mplayer2, like winzip, winace, etc.

yet another option would be to use a different browser (i use firefox myself, but i hear opera is good now too).

one thing i'm not sure about is whether IE (i assume that's the browser you're using) uses a different set of file associations than the windows shell, it's not transparent, iirc. if you haven't installed sp2 yet (i'm assuming you're using XP), you may try that, b/c i think the security changes (security center specifically) will reset alot of your IE defaults. lemme know.

[Duke John]

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