Windows Vista file type and file extension associations may be corrupted, broken and go haywire, causing files with some extensions cannot be opened properly. For example, some third party programs may wrongly set or assign file associations for extensions that not supposed to have a default program such as .exe, .com, .sys, .lnk, folder, directory, drive etc. (actually these special system files has unique associations which is not supposed to be another programs, so that Windows know to handle them accordingly).

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Some application programs, especially some older version of software may not be able to or cannot properly set file associations for the file extensions that the programs supported in Windows Vista. Some example of such programs include ACDSee, Nero, TTPlayer, foobar2000 and etc.

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Windows Vista has GUI (graphical user interface) for editing, changing or setting file associations from various file types and protocols to open with a default program. However, it doesn’t provide a tool or utility to unassociate file types and remove file extension associations that already exists in the registry.

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In Windows operating system, including Windows Vista, file type or file extension associations determine what’s the next course of action (specifically what application program been used to open a file or document, or what command to run) when user double clicks on a shortcut icon. By default, most file extensions or file types are been associated with various Windows built-in tools and utilities. For example, .txt is associated with Notepad, .jpg with Windows Photo Gallery and HTTP Protocol with Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft has silently upgrade Windows Vista (more specifically Windows Vista SP1) build version number from 6001.18000.080118-1840 to 6001.18063.080425-1930. The upgrade is done by the Update for Windows Vista KB952709 which was originally released on June 10, 2008, but almost immediately within days been taken off and retracted from Microsoft site.

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Microsoft Download Center has just released the Origami Experience 2.0, a suite of software designed particularly for Ultra-Mobile PCs that operate under Windows Vista. The new Origami Experience 2.0 application package is designed to give Ultra-Mobile PC users the same feel that they have in Windows Vista. With the Origami Experience 2.0 software package, users, for instance, can access and navigate for better information such as weather, email and RSS feeds based on the touch-screen experience.

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Many Windows Vista users probably have this problem quite frequently. Sometimes if they open a folder which contains video-format files such as MPEG or AVI files, it’s annoying to encounter an error message prompted out as follows: “COM Surrogate has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.” The message won’t go away even when users have closed the program. The error message will keep prompting out unless and until users close the relevant folder.

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There is hardly any easter egg can be found in modern operating system nowadays. In Windows Vista, some of the found ‘easter eggs’ (if you claim it’s an easter egg, as it may be a function or bug anyway) are time and date function in Notepad and hidden switch for screen savers. Another easter egg (or probably is actually a bug) is to hide or make the name or title of the files and folders appear missing or disappeared when viewing listing in Windows Explorer, as shown in illustration below.

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