File Associations - .doc opening in word

[Fissette101]

I want to adjust file associations so that documents are opened in the correct application. Specifically Word Documents being opened in Word and not text-edit. This seemed to be the default before re-imaging with casper, but now I have to change the associations manually (and they are user specific). I want to be able to push this out as a policy to all of our machines.

I found the program Duti in a previous thread, but have not been able to get it to run successfully. I have also tried using composer to create a dmg based on the launch service.plist but that did not work as well.

Is there a script that can handle this? Would be great if there was something less painful then manually touching each system. Thank you!

[mm2270]

In the past we managed this with MCX, but I also think there is a way to do it with Config Profiles. If its not a built in option, you can set up your MCX (or a plist with the settings you want) and then use mcxToProfile to convert it to a Configuration Profile and use that.

[scottb · Accepted solution]

Isn't the bigger question here why is this happening? I would think that finding the root cause is better than "fixing" it with Profiles or the like...

Maybe post up some info on your workflow?

[Fissette101]

Thank you Scott. Actually by going back and looking at the workflow i was able to resolve the issue. Office was being installed early in the imaging process. Once i made the change to have it installed after first login all of the file associations updated as they should. Thanks!