Association problem with outlook

[isterios]

Hello,

Actually when a user tries to open an outlook attachment like word, it opens notepad...

Where and how can I do the correct associations?

Than you.

 

[xs4citrix]

http://www.citrix4ge.de/ctxsffaq/index.htm#association

Stefan

http://www.printingsupport.com

 

[isterios]

Thanks but I don't have "assoc" with Windows server 2003.

 

[xs4citrix]

assoc and ftype are command line options in my default installed win2k3 server. Could you check again on yours?

Stefan

http://www.printingsupport.com

 

[isterios]

Thks xs4citrix. I don't know what happened yesterday but today the commands assoc and ftype function

Except that I used the commands and check the registry which seem to be ok, but it still doesn't work for users.
Here are the commands I used:
assoc .doc=wiwnord.exe
ftype doc=winword.exe %%1

Each time users try to open a .doc attachment with outlook, it still opens Wordpad (or notepad)...

Did I forget something?

 

[xs4citrix]

I am not 100% sure, if assoc is a per user setting, or server setting (never needed to use it myself).

Run the same stuff in a user desktop session, and see if it is fixed.
If it is for that user, then you need to run the command for every user.

Stefan

http://www.printingsupport.com

 

[isterios]

I confirm assoc is done only for the current user.

Now I have to find how to use it for all users.

 

[xs4citrix]

You can write a simple batch routine for it, that does the job for all users, by calling the routine via the usrlogon.cmd

Stefan

http://www.printingsupport.com