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opening multiple file types.

3. Select the name of a program, and then hit Manage.

For example, suppose a program named FakePlayer 3.0 has
performed the dreaded Windows Power Grab, claiming a particular

file type for itself without asking you. In fact, suppose it has
elected itself King of All Audio Files. But you want Windows
Media Player to play everything except FakePlayer (.fkpl) files.

In this step, then, you’d click Windows Media Player, and then
Manage.

Now yet another dialog box opens. It lists every file type the

selected program knows about (Figure 6-13, right).

4. For each file type, choose the program you want to be the
default opener.

To do that, choose the name of the currently assigned app
(“Movies & TV” in Figure 6-13 at right); from the list of alternate
apps, select the one you want.

Of course, this step requires a certain amount of knowledge that
comes from experience—how the heck would the average person
know what, say, a .wvx file is?—but it’s here for the power geeks’

benefit.

5. Close Settings.