Guest Trevor Smith Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 Hi All, I've rebuilt my pc and now have trouble with two file types, when double clicking files in explorer. The files have .sch and .pcb extensions, from my printed circuit board design program. I've changed the "OPEN WITH" to show the correct program but in explorer it still thinks they are "Microsoft Schedule+ Application" files. If I right click on the files and check the properties, it shows the correct program. When I double click, the correct program opens OK, but no file is present. I can use "open" from the program OK, but I'd prefer to work from explorer normally. Any ideas please ? -- Trevor Smith
Guest Anteaus Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 RE: File associations Try adding "%1" (This time WITH the quotes!) to the commandstring. "Trevor Smith" wrote: > Hi All, > I've rebuilt my pc and now have trouble with two file types, when double > clicking files in explorer. The files have .sch and .pcb extensions, from my > printed circuit board design program. > > I've changed the "OPEN WITH" to show the correct program but in explorer it > still thinks they are "Microsoft Schedule+ Application" files. > > If I right click on the files and check the properties, it shows the correct > program. > When I double click, the correct program opens OK, but no file is present. > I can use "open" from the program OK, but I'd prefer to work from explorer > normally. > > Any ideas please ? > -- > Trevor Smith
Guest Rey Santos Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 RE: File associations In Windows Explorer > Tool > Folder options > File Types, select the your file type > click the Advanced button below > in the Edit file Type box, click "open" whch should be in bold (set as default) > now click on the Edit button > in the "Editing action for type:" box at the end of the "Application to perform action":, the %1 should be in between quotes that is "%1", if its not put the quotes. A typical entry at that field will look like this: "C:\Program Files\<your program folder>\<your program>.exe" "%1" -- Rey "Trevor Smith" wrote: > Hi All, > I've rebuilt my pc and now have trouble with two file types, when double > clicking files in explorer. The files have .sch and .pcb extensions, from my > printed circuit board design program. > > I've changed the "OPEN WITH" to show the correct program but in explorer it > still thinks they are "Microsoft Schedule+ Application" files. > > If I right click on the files and check the properties, it shows the correct > program. > When I double click, the correct program opens OK, but no file is present. > I can use "open" from the program OK, but I'd prefer to work from explorer > normally. > > Any ideas please ? > -- > Trevor Smith
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