Open with

[Metspitzer]

I have a rar file that contains Vob files that are from a DVD. XPs
"open with" command had VLC on the list of files to open with.

Windows 7 opens a folder location that doesn't have VLC in it. Does
Microsoft expect you to hunt down the file? Any easy to add VLC to
the list?

I opened VLC and pulled the rar file into it and it plays, but the
next time I try to use "open with" Winrar is still the only thing in
the list.

This is not an improvement over XP

 

[Char Jackson]

I have a rar file that contains Vob files that are from a DVD. XPs
"open with" command had VLC on the list of files to open with.

Not by default, it didn't. Someone added it. It wasn't you?

Windows 7 opens a folder location that doesn't have VLC in it. Does
Microsoft expect you to hunt down the file? Any easy to add VLC to
the list?

Of course you're expected to "hunt down" (we call it browse to) the
application that you'd like to use. How else would it work?

I opened VLC and pulled the rar file into it and it plays, but the
next time I try to use "open with" Winrar is still the only thing in
the list.

Naturally. You're right-clicking on a .rar file. If you want more
options, you should browse for them. There's a button for that purpose
on the Open With dialog.

This is not an improvement over XP

Agreed. It can't be an improvement since it's the exact same behavior
as XP. I don't think I see anything wrong with the behavior, however.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Not by default, it didn't. Someone added it. It wasn't you?


Of course you're expected to "hunt down" (we call it browse to) the
application that you'd like to use. How else would it work?


Naturally. You're right-clicking on a .rar file. If you want more
options, you should browse for them. There's a button for that purpose
on the Open With dialog.


Agreed. It can't be an improvement since it's the exact same behavior
as XP. I don't think I see anything wrong with the behavior, however.

+1 all around

I'd like to be explicit (this is not for you, Char). .rar is a
compression method; a .rar file is an archive containing one or more
compressed files *of any types*.

There's no way Windows would know without help what to do with the
contents of such a file. In fact, .rar is not even a compression method
supported by Windows - it requires a third party program.

The usual approach to archives is to extract the files into a folder,
and then deal with the files in their actual format...

As for any problems with VLC, it could easily be a case of PEBKAC.

Aside: I enjoyed the OP's use of the phrase "does Microsoft expect..."

 

[Char Jackson]

Aside: I enjoyed the OP's use of the phrase "does Microsoft expect..."

Agreed, that was a nice touch.