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File Associations
Name: CosmoQueen Date: April 16, 2007 at 03:54:19 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 800/128 Product: HP
Comment:
I don't know what happened, I was having some problems and I reinstalled Windows ME and now the only things I can click on are My Documents, My Briefcase, My Computer, Internet Explorer, My Network Places & picture files.
Everything else I get this message: [b]"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel.[/b]
What do I do? I can't properly reinstall Windows because I can't my darn D: drive to recognize there's a disk in there.
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