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Why are certain default application associations "locked"?
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Mar 15, 202621706 viewsConfidence Score0%
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After associating my MP3 files with MPlayer using the dialogue I can no longer change that association using said dialogue, the Checkbox is henceforth always greyed out ( does not let me change it either, it seems to just use the same dialogue anyway). That also happened for MP4 files, but not for …
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It seems that the forum post Cannot set file association - option greyed out has the answer: In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\regedit.exe there is a REG_SZ 0value called NoOpenWith Check if you have this value in your registry. If so, the real ques…
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