I'll add to you need be wary of any *.vbs files whose origin you know
nothing of.  For instance C:\WINDOWS\SAMPLES\WSH contains a file named
network.vbs.  A variation with the same name keeps finding it's way onto our
network.  I *think* it maps our drives to outside our LAN.  It'll usually
end up in the Startup and slows down all net access on the machine it's
installed on.  Doesn't answer you file association question, but I just
wanted to demonstrate that files ending with that extension should be
scrutinized closely.


Ian Carmichael
From NY
>
> A young friend sent an e-mail with attachment which had a ".vbs" suffix
which I tried to open twice
> and it would not open so I deleted it.Then all ".jpg" became ".jpg.vbs"
and will not open.What
> should I do?
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> This may get complicated - you have a file type association problem, which
can be remedied, but not
> always easily.
> The .vbs extension is a VBScript file that opens with WCScript.exe. If you
have somehow associated
> .jpg with this program, you'll need to edit the vbscript file type
association, the jpg file type
> association, or both.
>
> It depends on what program opens .jpg files by default on your system. Do
you know what used to open
> them? Assuming you're running windows 9x , open windows explorer, click
'view', then 'options'.
> Choose the 'File Types' tab, and click on the top file type to highlight
it. Then slowly scroll down
> using your keypad arrow, and watch under the heading "File type details"
sub heading "Extension:"
> for the "JPG" extension to appear.
>
> You may or may not end up seeing the jpg extension, but if you do, then
look below to the heading
> "Opens with:" and see what opens them. When we know that, we should be
able to help you further. If
> you don't see the jpg extension, you may end up having to create a new
file-type, using jpg as the
> default extension, just to get an error (which will tell you which other
program the jpg extension
> is currently associated with). It would also help to have a few more
details about your operating
> system.
>
>

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