Opening files with apps that have custom file assoc broken

eurytos · Post by **eurytos** » 02 Dec 2009 19:12

This is new as of the latest beta. (AFAIK...)
The problem is a little difficult for me to explain so I will just give examples.
I tested two apps because my notepad registry entries were modified to open notepad++ by default and I wanted to try and make sure that wasn't the cause here.
under customize file associations in XY I have:
png>mspaint
bmp>mspaint
sql>notepad
bas>notepad
.....etcetc

If I try to open a png or bmp it will open as expected with mspaint. If I try to open .sql or .bas it opens with notepad++...

now the problem:
If I try to open a .jpg nothing happens. But, it opens fine if I browse to the file using windows explorer. The file also opens in XY if I change the extension to png or bmp
If I try to open .txt, .log, .ini, etcetcetc nothing happens again. But if I use windows explorer they open and will also open in XY if I change the extension.
Inside of XY I can right-click on any of the above problem files and use 'open with' and select notepad, paint, picture viewer and they open.

As far as I can tell apps that do not have a custom file association don't act this way. They still open fine.
It may not be this simple because I just tried a .lic and it opened in notepad so it isn't all 'text' files.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

I don't want to waste your time because it could very well be my registry entries... I will poke around some more.

Thanks,

Post by **admin** » 03 Dec 2009 09:10

This is due to changes in 8.70.0003.

Can you give me the command line(s) you have in your registry for those file types? I mean the value of a key that might look like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ACDC_JPEG\shell\Open\Command

TIA
Don

eurytos · Post by **eurytos** » 03 Dec 2009 15:37

Notepad++
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file\shell\open\command\
(default) = "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

I am having trouble finding the other one... I have not downloaded any image apps on this machine (that I remember) it is still set to the default windows picture and fax viewer. So whatever key that is.? windows xp btw.

Post by **admin** » 03 Dec 2009 19:28

eurytos wrote:Notepad++
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Notepad++_file\shell\open\command\
(default) = "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1"

This looks perfectly harmless. I wonder why it does not work.

Please try this in the Windows Run box:
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe [name of txt file]
C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe "[name of txt file]"
"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" [name of txt file]
"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "[name of txt file]"

Do they all work?

zer0 · Post by **zer0** » 03 Dec 2009 22:34

I'm having the same problem. For INI files, for example, the registry line is this:

Code: Select all

%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

All 4 of your suggested combination work though.

Post by **admin** » 04 Dec 2009 08:02

zer0 wrote:I'm having the same problem. For INI files, for example, the registry line is this:
Code: Select all
%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1
All 4 of your suggested combination work though.

Ah yes, ok, this one I could fix.

zer0 · Post by **zer0** » 04 Dec 2009 10:55

admin wrote:Ah yes, ok, this one I could fix.

Though I must say that I don't have any PFAs set up -- just the normal Windows associations.

Post by **admin** » 04 Dec 2009 10:57

zer0 wrote:
admin wrote:Ah yes, ok, this one I could fix.
Though I must say that I don't have any PFAs set up -- just the normal Windows associations.

Yes. I think the title of this thread is misleading, it's actually about Windows associations. PFAs never had any problem AFAIK.

zer0 · Post by **zer0** » 04 Dec 2009 13:01

Thank you for fixing this issue. I had to go through context menu in the meantime as a workaround, but no more!

eurytos · Post by **eurytos** » 04 Dec 2009 15:06

admin wrote:
zer0 wrote:
admin wrote:Ah yes, ok, this one I could fix.
Though I must say that I don't have any PFAs set up -- just the normal Windows associations.
Yes. I think the title of this thread is misleading, it's actually about Windows associations. PFAs never had any problem AFAIK.

My problem is fixed now.

Sorry if the title was misleading, on my machine I had the issue with the only two apps that I happen to have PFAs setup so I thought it was related.

Thanks for fixing it so quickly!

tomuser · Post by **tomuser** » 04 Dec 2009 18:57

Problems with .ini or .txt are now fixed, but I'm still having problems with files which are associated to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (.jpg, .gif).

Post by **admin** » 04 Dec 2009 20:06

tomuser wrote:Problems with .ini or .txt are now fixed, but I'm still having problems with files which are associated to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (.jpg, .gif).

What kind of problems?

tomuser · Post by **tomuser** » 04 Dec 2009 20:10

Doubleclick on these .jpg or .gif files won't do anything (same as .txt or .ini files before) in XYplorer, but works OK with Windows Explorer.

Post by **admin** » 04 Dec 2009 20:16

tomuser wrote:Doubleclick on these .jpg or .gif files won't do anything (same as .txt or .ini files before) in XYplorer, but works OK with Windows Explorer.

Are you using the latest beta v8.70.0006?

Muroph · Post by **Muroph** » 04 Dec 2009 21:54

tomuser wrote:Problems with .ini or .txt are now fixed, but I'm still having problems with files which are associated to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (.jpg, .gif).

+1, using 8.70.0006

my reg key for jpg files is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\jpegfile\shell\Open\Command\(Padrão)
and the value:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

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