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Although I am able to go through the "regular" process to associate a program with an extension it doesn't work. After going through the browse process and selecting the program it brings me back to the "open with" window. The program I've selected does not appear in the "open with" window and it appears that it is simply ignoring me.
I've also tried the "Default Programs" route but wind up at the same "open with" window that still ignores me.
Suggestions?
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After playing around a lil I think I've figured it out.. [for me at least..]
The program that you're pointing to isn't registered correctly.
In regedit: Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applicationsand find your .exe name.
Navigate under its name to shell>open>command. In the Default change its location to the actual location of the executable, hit okay and then try and reassociate the file type as you normally would.
Let me know if that doesn't seem to work.
After playing around a lil I think I've figured it out.. [for me at least..]
The program that you're pointing to isn't registered correctly.
In regedit: Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applicationsand find your .exe name.
Navigate under its name to shell>open>command. In the Default change its location to the actual location of the executable, hit okay and then try and reassociate the file type as you normally would.
Let me know if that doesn't seem to work.
Thank U, thank U, thank U... this is the answer :-D
I was having problems with photoshop not appearing as an option in the Open and Open with dialogs and the reason was that this same registry key was pointing to a prior installation, on a different partition of my machine!
Thank you so much, this made opening images much more easy :-)
Yes as stated by Xandragnis, the problem is due to the application cache, you move the EXE which has been previously cached and the cache will not update, when using the Open With dialog and browsing it must check the cache and ignore the location of executable if the cache exists.
This is VERY BAD DESIGN on MIcrosofts part, and I cant believe they havnt released a Windows Update yet to fix it. It should update the cache if the user has browsed to the executable, not simply try to use the cache anyway and fail and not add the item to the selection box.
Bill-SE,
I'm familiar with the built in Windows File Association process. This was the first thing I attempted, but when the user attempts to view the .rcv file from Centricity, the association box prompts asking to open the file in Word, but it doe not automatically open it.
Zharkov
Have the user Right Click on the .rcv file and select Open with
then Select Choose Default Program
Choose Word.exe and make sure there is a check in the box Use this app with all .rcv files
