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Subject: Re: Fritz 8 Database problem in Windows XP

Author: Laurence Chen

Date: 21:21:12 12/22/02

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On December 22, 2002 at 21:07:10, Derek Winter wrote:

>On December 22, 2002 at 16:58:21, Laurence Chen wrote:
>
>>On December 22, 2002 at 16:09:43, Derek Winter wrote:
>>
>>>I find that in Windows XP I can't open any databases. In fact the program
>>>doesn't see any databases, which I know are there as .cbh files.
>>>
>>>   I have heard that there are serious problems with Fritz8 and Windows XP, but
>>>have not heard workarounds. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>The problem is that the MIME has been messed up in your OS.  You will need to
>>remap the the application, in this case, .cbh, to use Fritz8 as the default
>>application.  It is possible that your system has been infected by a trojan.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Laurence
>
Open Windows Explorer, Select Folder Options, File Types tab, Find the .cbh in
the list, and click Change.
Hope this helps,

Laurence
>Laurence thanks for the tip. I don't have a Trojan. How does one remap an
>application?



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