OK, Browse Buttons Disabled in File Manager Associate Option
ID: Q93314
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
SUMMARY
If the OK and Browse buttons are unavailable (dimmed) for a particular file
extension in Windows version 3.1 File Manager when you choose Associate
from the File menu, then the file extension is on the "Programs=" line in
the [Windows] section of the WIN.INI file.
If a file extension is on the "Programs=" line under Windows version 3.0,
the Associate option is unavailable in File Manager when you attempt to
associate the file extension with an application.
To associate the file extension with an application, remove the file
extension from the "Programs=" line in the [Windows] section of the
WIN.INI.
MORE INFORMATION
Windows treats files whose file extensions are on the "Programs=" line
as if they are executable files.
To determine if the file extension in question is on the "Programs="
line, run File Manager and look at the icon next to a file that has
the file extension in question. If the icon next to the file appears
as a rectangular gray box with a green bar across the top (or a
rectangular box with a smaller rectangular box within it), then that
file extension is on the "Programs=" line within the WIN.INI file.
The icon should appear exactly like the icons to the left of files
with the .EXE, .PIF, .COM, or .BAT file extensions.
The same behavior may occur if you try to associate a file without a
file extension.
For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
File and Manager and Associate and extension
Additional query words:
3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 grey gray grayed greyed disabled
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :