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Re: Which app is launched for what file suffix?

#1984
From: Robert Frank
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:14
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In article <12261@cayman.COM>  writes:
> Where is the mapping between a given filename suffix and the app that is
> launched with the icon is clicked in the File Browser?  My machine has taken  
to
> launching the "Background" application for .ps files, presumably instead of  
the
> Previewer application.
> 
> How does one change this?
> --
> Jay Batson
> Product Marketing
> Cayman Systems, Inc.
> jbatson@cayman.com
> (617) 494-1999

[Hey, this message got to Europe, although the distribution field sys usa...]

Select a .ps file, press cmd-3 (or, in the browser, select Tools Instpector  
Tools) and select the program to be activated for these files. Click 'Set  
Default' that's it.
Robert
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