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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.
I have read some posts here and there that this seems to be a problem but I cannot verify it. My issue happened also with Alibre Design, a 3D CAD program we use for machine design and fabrication. I could not double click on a file with the .AD_PRT extent without Acrobat trying to open my design file. I had to go into the registry and tell the OS where to find the executable. It seems to me that the location of the executable is lost for 64-bit programs, this problem did not occur when I was installing 32-bit software. It could be something in the installer that does not register the program correctly. Someone from Microsoft may be the best person to answer the question, I am just speculating since I only know what the issue was in my two machines and how I corrected it.
Both my issues were with the registry having the wrong path for my executables and the following location not having the correct info in the Data portion of the keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.doc\OpenWithList
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. . .
The real question is, why didn't the program register correctly. I provide tech support to several families, and have had this problem twice. What is so disconcerting is that both times, THE MISREGISTERED PRODUCTS WERE MADE BY MICROSOFT (specifically PowerPoint and PowerPoint Viewer). What's wrong with the MS Office Professional installation process that results in PowerPoint not being the default program for .pps/.ppsx files??? Ditto when the person doesn't have office, so you install PowerPoint Viewer? Does Microsoft know this happens frequently? When will they fix it?
Another thing you may want to check is the following registry entry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts.doc\OpenWithList
Value 0 (string)
Name: a
Type: REG_SZ
Data: soffice.bin
Value 1 (string)
Name: b
Type: REG_SZ
Data: chrome.exe
Value 2 (string)
Name: MRUList
Type: REG_SZ
Data: ab
Mine is set up this way because I have Open Office instead of Word. What I had to do is delete the "a" and "b" keys and recreate them since Windows 7 wanted me to open the .doc files with Acrobat.
This is idiotic. WinXP let us go to folder options and file associations were right there. Who the **** decided to make it so damn difficult?
