>Regedit.exe from the run box opens the registry editor.
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>As for file associations, these are stored in HK_Classes_Root. You can find the bmp extension in the top half of this hive, where it will be given a file class. The second half of the hive is a list of file classes and progids. Lookup the bmp file class down there, and modify the value in Shell/open/Command to point at the new program.
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>The windows way to do this is to use the "opens with" dialog to change the association. This dialog changes locations from version to version, so I can't tell you exactly how to do it...

Thanks for the information Eric. We fixed our problem but we used the HK_LOCAL_MACHINE hive instead of HK_CLASSES_ROOT. We felt that we did not want to change the root classes because we are novices at using the registry and teh word "ROOT" scared us. Using the HK_LOCAL_MACHINE worked.

NOw we must work on learning more on the use of the registry.