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The Options Menu
Observer General Options
The Observer General Options dialog allows you to select the general settings for 
Observer. These include general configuration options, email options, pager options, and 
SNMP options (if you have purchased Observer Suite). Default options are described in 
this manual; your views may vary based on the settings you apply. 
Select 
Options > Observer General Options.
 The General Tab dialog will be 
displayed. It contains a browsable tree of configuration folders and options, which are 
described below.
Observer General Options – General Tab
•The Ask for confirmation... options let you set whether Observer will prompt you to 
Click on OK before closing dialogs and completing other operations.
•The Associate file extensions options let you set up Windows to automatically load 
Observer whenever the selected file type is double-clicked from Explorer.










