How to Prevent Changes to File Associations
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 15:28Posted in category Registry Tips
If you have kids that use the computer, you will appreciate this little hack. It prevents users from changing any file associations on your computer, even if they install new image editing software or media players it will keep your file associations the same.
How to lock file Associations on your computer
- Go to Start – > Run and type Regedit
- Use the “+” sign on the left of the Registry editor to navigate to the following
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explore
- Right click on the right hand side and select Create REG_DWORD data type NoFileAssociate
- Then give it a value of 1.
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Ronald Morris says:
May 31st, 2011 at 8:14 am
looks like How to Prevent Changes to File Associations is just what I need. Office 2007 changes file associations anytime you use it. Question? How do you easily change one you want to change?
C Stewart says:
July 13th, 2011 at 11:26 am
@Ronald Morris
In older versions of Windows (prior to Vista) the location of File Type Associations was curiously hidden within the “Folder Options” menu. Folder Options can be selected from the Control Panel or by opening any folder with Windows Explorer and selecting “Tools -> Folder Options” and then selecting the “File Types” tab.
In Vista and later these file type associations were moved to the more appropriately named “Default Programs” section of the Control Panel (and are now inaccessible from Windows Explorer’s Folder Options). Within the Default Programs windows select “Associate a file type or protocol with a program” for a comprehensive list of all file types registered on your current installation.