>Actually, it is reliable; it reports the setting last established for the system reliably and acurately. Last man standing wins. The trouble is, it may not be the answer you're looking for. Only examining the file extension can allow the system only to report what it has been told is the correct behavior for things with that extension - it makes its decision based on that context alone.

I put that badly, didn't I? Sigh, you're right, of course. I had to (against my will, BTW) install Lotus Far...er, SmartSuite on my work machine. All of the mpr files started showing up as Approach Smart Master (whatever the blank that is) files. This thread made me go fix that part. Last man standing, indeed. Not if I can help it.:-)