Cant open file directly on default program

hi!
I´m trying to open a .RVT file in a program called Revit, wich is the default program for those files, and now its not working, it says the default program is Revit, but when I try to open the file it opens revit, not the file in revit, so I´ve got to go
to open/file...etc... and after a while it gets hard finding every file...
can you tell me what do I do, I´m assuming I will have to go to *reddit* but after that I dont know...
thanks!!!

Hi,
S.Sengupta's suggestion is worth a try. Also you could try to reset the default program for test:
Change the program that opens a type of file
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/change-file-open-program#1TC=windows-7
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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