Ask the Expert — August 2003

by Dale Atchison


Envelopes

I have used a PRINT SHOP program to generate folders for various items.  One of these items was ENVELOPES.  At the time, all icons were of that family.  Then one day, when I went to generate an envelope, I had to use the WORDS program.

Is there a reason that this happened, and if so, is there a way to revert back to PRINT SHOP?

Ray


Ray, Apparently, the WORDS (?) program has 'seized' the file type, presumably because it has a macro or subroutine that creates envelopes.

Assuming you're using your new PC with Windows XP, do this:

  1. Left-click an "Envelopes"-type icon once to highlight it, then right-click it, and select Open With.
  2. In the dialog box that opens, choose "Select the Program from a List".  Since the icon used to open with Print Shop, it should still be in the list.
  3. Highlight Print Shop, make sure "Always Use the Selected Program to Open this Type of File" is checked, and click OK.
    • If Print Shop is no longer in the list, you'll need to click on Browse and find the Print Shop executable on the hard drive.
From now on, when you click on an Envelopes icon, it should open in Print Shop.

DaLe

Thanks for asking!

"Ask the Expert" was published for years in "Bits & Bytes", the online newsletter of the  Tampa Bay Computer Society; they stopped publishing the column — but not the newsletter — in late 2005 or early 2006 (I lose track).  It was replaced soon thereafter by my column, "Computer Quandaries".


      

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