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dennis@home wrote:
Same as RISC OS. Each time I use my windose box - as I have to for
some things - the operating system frustrates. One that really does
annoy is clicking on a file you want to view and up comes the choice
of which prog you want to use. Except that many won't even load that
type of file...

So you tell it and then it remembers. How does RISC OS know how to open
a .doc file or any other file that has a new extension or type?

It loads it into a suitable app. A text file for example will be claimed
by your favourite editor if you've set things for that to happen.

Any OS can only open the application if something has told it which
application to use.. this is usually the application but they don't all
associate with file types when you install them, if so the OS has no
choice but to either ask or just assume you are stupid and ignore you.
Windows asks, what does RISC OS do?

In this case a straightforward text file. So I'd have expected Notepad to
claim it.

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