File Association and FW CS3

I have tried to associate .jpg files and .gif files with FW
CS3, and my Windows XP Pro will not do it. It only recognizes
Fireworks 8 .... even though I use the browse button in the File
Types window and browse to Adobe Fireworks CS3. I have tried this
through the Control Panel and the Files Types tab, and by
right-clicking on a .jpg and selecting Open With and then browsing
to FW CS3.
I also uninstalled and reinstalled FW CS3 hoping that would
help. Still not working.
I'd love to be able to right-click on a .jpg file and open it
with FW CS3 like I have been able to do with all my versions of FW
going back to FW3.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

By the way,
If that method doesn't work,
-Go to the Start Menu and select Run
-Type C: (the letter of your hard drive)
-From the Menu choose Tools > Folder Options
-Now click the 3rd tab named File Types
-Wait until the Flashlight animating Icon has finished. You
should now
see a whole list of icons. These are file types
-Go to the file type you wish to change. You could scroll
until you
reached the right file type but this takes too long. So
instead just
type the three letters of your file type - the extension in
order (do it
quickly or you will just select a starting letter instead of
a follow up
letter. For example choose PNG;
-In the subcategory it says Details for '***' extension'
where '***'
is the file type you chose. There are two buttons there.
Click the
Advanced button
-A new dialog window opens named "Edit File Type". Select the
"New"
button
-Another new dialog window opens named New Action. In the
Action
field type a name for the action you want to perform. For
example Open
in Fireworks CS4
-Now click the Browse button and select the executable with
which you want to open the file extension. (Fireworks
CS4.exe)
-Click OK in the New Action window
-Click OK in the Edit File Type window
-Click Close in the Folder Options window.
Do the same for all other file extensions you want to change.
Linda Rathgeber - Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/members/8.html

Similar Messages

No file association for ID CS3

I have a fairly new Windows XP box and have configured my Adobe the same way as on my last computer: Full CS3 Design Premium installation, plus ID CS2 (for compatibility reasons). All of my .indd files are associated with ID CS2. Okay, I guess it must be because I installed CS2 2nd.
No problem. I just went into Windows Explorer to change the file association to ID CS3. But ID CS3 is not listed in the program list. So I browsed to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS3\InDesign.exe and clicked okay. But the association does not change. The icon and program association remain ID CS2. One last tidbit: In Windows Explorer, if I right-click an .indd file to "open with", the only program available is ID CS2.
All the above applies to Bridge as well as Windows Explorer.
I have to open my .indd files by starting ID CS3 and opening from w/in the program or by dragging a file to the open program window. If I'm in Bridge and I forget and double-click on a file, it loads ID CS2 and then tells me I can't open the file.
I assume something happened in the Registry that shouldn't have (or didn't happen that should have), but I don't understand why Windows won't let me manually associate the file type.
Any ideas on how to help Windows find ID CS3 without reinstalling the program?
Thanks,
-David

>It worked for me but the solution was not an intuitive one. Seems like Adobe should work out this kink for future customers.
The fact that you had a problem suggests that it's your system, not Adobe that is the root cause. A successful and undamaged installation WILL create the proper file associations, and will even use the correct version icon for older files (in Windows, though, only one version of the application -- the last one installed -- will be associated with the open command from Explorer or Bridge).
Peter

Problem in file association and main-class in JWS

Hello , all
I have a problem in JWS with file association and main-class. I have a java application that has two entry classes, one is appmain.class that is required to launch from web, and the other is player.class that is required to launch when user double-click the .abc extension file.
In JWS 5.0+, there is a association element in JNLP syntax that can be used to make the file association with .abc extension. But how can I declare the main-class in JNLP file?
If I declare the application-desc element as <application-desc main-class="player">, the player.class will be launched from web. But if I declare it as <application-desc main-class="appmain">, the .abc extension wil be associated to the appmain.class.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thank you for your kindly help.

One way is to define a third main that refers
to the other two, as appropriate. E.G. if the
web based main does not include -open as
its arguments, it is easy.class WebStartSpringboard {
/** Call web based main unless args include -open. */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    if (args[0].equals("-open") ) {
      OpenFileBasedClass.main(args);
    } else {
      WebBasedClass.main(args);
}Other measures might be taken for a situation
where the web based version does include a
-open argument.

Since the upgrade to lightroom CC I have lost my file associations and cannot restore it

Can anyone advise how to restore my LR file associations. I had to uninstall lightroom 5 as it always opened instaed of the new version. Now I cannot associate JPG or NEF files with lightroom, it will not link to it despite selecting the executable.

I don't have LR associated with any type of file extension. Not one file type extension has Lightroom associated with it and I have both LR 5 and 6 installed.
All image type files are associated with Photoshop or the Windows image viewer (whatever MS calls it), not LR.
Actually LR is not for Opening image file unless you have already imported them into the catalog. I guess if you wanted to you could associate those file types to LR so when they are double clicked the Import dialog window open so you can import them into LR. But AFAIK that isn't the norm. YMMV

QT stole all my file associations and won't give them back

Once I installed the latest iTunes, Quicktime decided to steal all my file associations. Now anytime I click on an mp3 on a website, I get that annoying QuickTime plugin that takes up the entire page when I used to get a Windows Media Player plugin that either opened as a new instance, or in the left media column.
I went into the MIME and File Types settings for Quicktime and removed everything, I also went into my Windows File Types and made sure mp3s were set to play with Windows Media Player. None of this helped.
How can I get my file associations back?
Thanks.

Try altering the tag for the ringtone: right-click on a ringtone in iTunes and select Get Info, go to the Info tab and make a slight change to the Artist, tap OK and try syncing again. If it transfers to your phone do the same for the others.

Default file associations and RTF (rich text format)

I use pop3 email accounts for work.
I receive daily emails with .rtf (rich text format) file attachments.
When I open the emails, the attachments are listed.
I touch to open and QuickOffice loads to open them.
According to the QuickOffice website, QuickOffice does not support rtf files.. and it certainly does error on them. Why does QuickOffice open at all? I do not need any of its functions except the one it doesn’t have.
I have installed at present, this list of file managers.
Android’s default file manager
OI File Manager
Astro file manager
Cool reader
All of these applications support rtf files.
How do I set the file association for rtf files to an application which supports them?
Thanks for reading.

I have the same problem any help would be appreciated

Auto File Associations and product activation

Hello
There are two things I want to address in an Office 2013 deployment.
1. After the the installation completes, I am prompted with selecting file associations for Word. Is there a way to automate this?
2. I am also prompted to activate the product. I have modified the config.xml in \\SCCMSVR\Sources\Applications\Microsoft\Office 2013\proplus.ww to include
<Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="yes" AcceptEula="yes" />
<Setting Id="AUTO_ACTIVATE" Value="1" />
I have also tried adding AUTO_ACTIVATE and the value of 1 in the Modify Setup Properties section of the msp we are using.
Thanks for any help.

I am hoping there is some way to address the file associations in the OCT file.
"File Associations" - do you mean the "Default File Types [Office Open XML formats vs.
OpenDocument formats] topic discussed here?
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/d7176465-fd99-43d4-b83e-d21f42b5999f/o365-firstrun-suppression-policy-settings-do-not-suppress-file-formats-chooser-when-installed-on-eu?forum=officesetupdeploy
Don
(Please take a moment to "Vote as Helpful" and/or "Mark as Answer", where applicable.
This helps the community, keeps the forums tidy, and recognises useful contributions. Thanks!)

Gnome: mime types, file associations and defaults.list

I installed the new Gnome 2.8 during the weekend and now my file type associations is completely bloated. The mime system is intact - Nautilus recognises files properly. However, Nautilus doesn't know which applications to open a specific file with. I have read other posts and found useful information, but not the solution.
This post in FedoraForum gave me a hint to what's causing the problem:
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread … post127530
It seems that the file defaults.list is missing from /usr/share/mime/applications. Apparently this file contains the associations between applications and mime types. I have not be able to find out which package should provide this file or how to recreate it. Can anyone help - maybe provide the name of the package that provides this file?
Thanks,

Yeah, I got tired of Evolution not knowing about opening *.docs in openoffice. After several hours of research, the key is the /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, /opt/gnome/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, and the MimeType fields in the *.desktop files. The mimeinfo.cache in /usr was empty and the /opt one had gthumb and other apps but no OO:
[MIME Cache]
application/x-gnome-stones=gnome-stones.desktop
image/jpeg=gthumb.desktop
application/postscript=ggv.desktop
...snip...
That's a lot of blather to say that the fix for Evolution/OpenOffice was to add the proper MimeType entry to /usr/share/applications/ooo645writer.desktop:
MimeType=application/vnd.ms-word;application/msword
and then run "update-desktop-database". Problem solved.
Another problem is that within Evolution it says an attached doc is a "application/msword" and not a "Microsoft Word Document". Unfortunately this is because freedesktop.org decided to use application/vnd.ms-word instead of application/msword like the rest of the world. If you check the vnd.ms-word entry in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml it defines an alias msword but the new mime system doesn't appear to recognize aliases yet. The solution I used was to rename the entry to msword. Another possible solution might be to remove the msword alias from the vnd.ms-word entry and create a new msword entry based on the vnd.ms-word one. Then run "update-mime-database /usr/share/mime". Hope that made sense.
I think the defaults.list is part of the previous GNOME MIME setup cause I don't have one and I'm not experiencing any problems. For other apps check for the associations in the mimeinfo.cache's and if missing add the MimeType's to the app's *.desktop.

Launch.rtc file association and Windows 7

I have had 2 customers of mine now report not being able to get into my LiveMeeting sessions (via this link https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/topechelon/join?id=BBKE&role=attend ).
I remotely connect to their machine, and see that that are using Windows 7. When they click the link, it prompts them to Open or Save launch.rtc, and when you click Open it starts to open the file with something like Adobe Reader.
So I go to the Default Programs for file assocations... there is an entry for .rtc-ms that has the LiveMeeting icon associated with it. But right above it is .rtc and it show the "unknown" icon (as in it doesn't know what program to use for .rtc)
Again, two customers at different locations... both using Windows 7 and both trying to get into the same meeting.
Please help...

Hello all, this seems to be an unanswered question that has stumped a lot of people. Hopefully this will help solve the issue for others. It worked for me.
Browse to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.rtc and delete the
“.rtc” key
Browse to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtc and delete “.rtc” key
Go to Control Panel and open
Programs and Features
Repair
the
Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 install
Go to Control Panel and open
Default Programs
Select the second item “Associate a file type or protocol with a program”
Scroll to
“.rtc” and confirm that the Live Meeting Icon is present (orange color indicating that it is associated with the rtcrouter.dll file) and the
Current Default is pointing to “Microsoft Office Live Meeting Router”
Joe G

File association and offline displaying of SVGs

Suddenly when I try to use Ff to view an SVG from a local folder it starts opening tabs over and over (not showing the SVG in any of them) and doesn’t stop till I close it. I have been using Ff to view local SVGs for ages and now I have this problem. I hate to have to unearth MSIE (which I never use) for this. Please help!

Did you create that entry in Tools > Options > Applications in response to an open with dialog?
The .svg file shouldn't need to have such an entry.
Firefox should handle them automatically just like normal .html and .xml files.
Did you try to delete mimeTypes.rdf in the Firefox Profile Folder to reset all download actions?
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

File Associations and 64 vs 32 bit

Since installing CS4, I've noticed the majority of my 3rd party plugins don't work.
I do like keeping the 64 bit version - for when I need maximum RAM useage on huge files, but:
how can I set my files to open under the 32 bit version and not 64?
Every time I right-click and choose the 32 bit one (under the programs (x86) folder) it always defaults back to the 64 bit version?
any thoughts?

Fix it in Windows Explorer Tools > Folder Options... > File Types > Advanced.
If "Advanced" is not available click "Default".

File association and the Kind column in Finder. Bug?

Some time ago I installed BBEdit - an application for editing web source code such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Post install, I noted that Finder showed in the Kind column "BBEdit text document". This was entirely correct and as expected.
I have now uninstalled BBEdit (decided not to buy it) as follows:-
Moved the application to Trash
Removed ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit
Removed ~/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.bbedit.*
I then noticed that the Kind column in Finder still indicated "BBEdit text document" for files with .js, .css and .html extensions.
This seemed wrong (obviously) so I tried this...
Right-click on a .js file and hold Option key to reveal "Always open with". I selected Dashcode.
Now the situation is quite bizarre...
When I double-click any .js file to open it, Dashcode runs. That is a good thing.
However, the Finder Kind column still indicates "BBEdit text document".
Why?

How about if you right click (control click) in the column header area to open the drop down menu. Can you get back to the default KInd.
if Kind is checked, uncheck it. Relaunch Finder. >ForceQuit>Finder>Relaunch
Then go back to the drop down and recheck your column for Kind.

ITunes 8.11, Vista, File Associations and such

The latest version of iTunes appears to have messed up Vista, the desktop icons, and more. Today I got the message about iTunes needing to upgrade, I believe it is 8.1.1 or whatever the latest is (since it is today (Apr 11, 2009).
After running iTunes, I find that ALL of my desktop icons are showing the iTunes icon (for a wide variety of programs), double-clicking them does not work. Right clicking the icons, selecting "Properties", I see that the "Target" is correct -- in that it points to the correct file. However, the icon is wrong. If I change the icon from this screen, it shows on the shortcut properties dialog, but when I click "OK" nothing changes. Double-clicking does nothing. This includes icons in my Quick Launch Tray.
In addition, I have a program set up to run on startup (Trillian) that now runs iTunes instead. When I restart the computer I do not get Trillian, I get iTunes.
Something strange has happened to the registry, and the ONLY program I updated or installed was the iTunes update. This is very confusing and very frustrating ... I have no clue what to change to make everything work properly again.

Hmm. I posted a response that doesn't seem to be here.
The developers at Apple need to work on this issue. If I uninstall iTunes and reboot all is well.
However, it means I don't have iTunes installed on my computer. I have tried with versions 8.1.051 and 8.0.2.20 and neither of those worked either -- both of them came up with the icons going funky on me, and not working correctly.
There is something messed up in the registry, I would almost guarantee ... this is a serious issue and the QA team at Apple as well as the R&D team really need to get on this ASAP.

CS3/CS5 File Associations OS X

Hi all,
I have had to install InDesign CS5 on 4 of our Macs here for iPad development, but these 4 Macs will still be using CS3 for normal everyday magazine publishing. We can't upgrade the rest of the team to CS5 until next year so they have to continue to use CS3 until then.
The problem is after installing CS5 you cannot change the file association for .indd files back to CS3, when you try it just reverts back to CS5 instantly. Is there a way around this, as by force of habit the users with CS5 are going to double click on files and have it open in CS5 and before they realise have modified or saved the file in a format that isn't backwards compatible.
Is there a way around this problem? I have set the file associations back to CS3 within Bridge but that will only work for files being opened within Bridge itself.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris

Our Soxy works around this issue too. When I am in the process of testing scripts, I often have CS3, CS4 and CS5 running concurrently - and thanks to Soxy, double-clicked files .indd still always open in the correct app, unlike the Mac standard behaviour to try and open the .indd file in whatever InDesign version you happen to have running.
Cheers,
Kris

How do I stop Illustrator CS3 from continually stealing file associations?

Since moving from CS2 to CS3 I've been plagued with a file association problem. Every time I run Illustrator CS3, it steals the file association for .FLT files (this didn't happen in CS2). .FLT files don't appear in the Bridge so I can't do anything about it there. Problem is that .FLT files have been around since 1990 and are used by a 3D modelling package. Now Illustrator keeps trampling the file association and I can't figure out how to stop it. The .FLT files I've used for the past two decades are NOT Illustrator filters.
Anyone got any bright ideas? At the moment I have a registry hack sitting on my desktop that I have to run each time I close Illustrator.
C.

Ok here's the solution to this.
It turns out that Illustrator deletes and resets the .flt file extension key and the Adobe.Illustrator.Filter key every time it is run. Removing registry permissions for system didn't work, neither did removing them for owner/creator.
It seems that the change happens as "me" - the person logged on. As I'm an administrator anyway, I was able to remove all rights for every user (including me) except administrators, and then change the administrator rights to allow everything except set and delete.
So the .flt file extension key is essentially locked down completely now, and the problem is solved. However as the owner of the key I can still get in and change the set/delete flags if I ever need to change it again.
Thanks to Harron for giving me the hint on the right way to pursue this.

File Association and FW CS3

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for