Reassociating file types (.mat, .db) from Access and Paradox

[Clay]

I don't use Access or Paradox. But VISTA forces .mat and .db files to
associate with these programs. How do I take back control over associativity
for these types of files? I have other applications that open these file
types. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Arvin Meyer MVP]

I don't use Access or Paradox. But VISTA forces .mat and .db files to
associate with these programs. How do I take back control over
associativity
for these types of files? I have other applications that open these file
types. Thanks in advance for your help.

Neither one of those file types are Access. You may want to ask this in a
Windows newsgroup, which will be appropriate to your problem. This newsgroup
is dedicated to the Microsoft Access database product. The Microsoft website
may have misdirected you.

 

[Clay]

..db files are not associated by default with Microsoft Access, but .mat files
are. What I would really like to do is remove Microsoft Access completely
from my system, but Vista doesn't seem to make that easy either.
Thanks.