Eric, my Gary discovered a fast and robust free little program called Default Program Editor. I've seen him use it to change default icons and I think it changes associations in a "brute force" way, stopping an installed program to refuse to change the association.


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Can I consider this thread closed now, or is there anything else specifically related to Egg Bramhill's question anyone would like to contribute?

TIA,

b.