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Mac file association issues on Windows 2000 server

I have OS X users saving Quark files on a Windows 2000 server SP3. They cannot open the file directly from the Mac share on the windows server because the resource file is missing and there is no association with Quark. The files must be copied to the Mac first and then opened. This happens even when there is a file extension on the file. I have Appletalk and Files Server for Macintosh enabled on the windows server. Any suggestions?

njxbean

This happens on all mac's? What happens if you right click and use open with to select quark? Is this Quark for os X? Are you connecting via appletalk?

EyeInHand

Try selecting the file in the Finder and doing Get Info. You'll see an option window to toggle open that says "Open with:". From there you can select the application you want to associate with that file type.

If that doesn't work, try doing File>Open from within Quark and browse to the files to open them that way. That "should" work. If it doesn't then there is something else going on.

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zmoses

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Thanks weed and brett. I will try it out in the morning

EyeInHand

Just my two cents, but you may not be able to stop using Services For Macintosh altogether. SMB is faster, but - good or bad - some applications expect an appletalk connection and won't work without it.

Also, I forgot to mention in my earlier post: When you do Get Info and tell it which application to associate with a particular extension, below that is the option to "Change All" - you want to choose that in this case.

zmoses

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Thanks
Tips were helpful. I had one user with OS 9. Ehat works for OS X doesn't work for OS 9. Great