File Associations gone.

I originally had CS6 installed before upgrading to CC and then CC 2014. On the latest update notification, I decided to uninstall CS6 so I don't keep getting update notifications. Once I did that, I lost my file extension associations for those programs. When I went to the Control panel to re-establish the default programs for those extensions, none of the Adobe CC 2014 programs are listed.

pressh wrote:..., upgrade pcmanfm to 0.4.5 via abs, ...
Works fine here. Thanks.
Edited pkgbuild ->
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.12 2008/06/20 07:00:14 pressh Exp $
# Maintainer: Alexander Fehr <pizzapunk gmail com>
pkgname=pcmanfm
pkgver=0.4.5
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/"
license=('GPL')
groups=('lxde')
depends=('gtk2' 'hal' 'fam' 'startup-notification'
'shared-mime-info' 'desktop-file-utils')
install=pcmanfm.install
source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pcmanfm/pcmanfm-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('90d899f038d15df35fc4be2a262b1769')
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
Last edited by muunleit (2008-06-29 22:10:14)

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Solution
I have found how to fix this, for me at least and on an XP machine. Some users may find the procedure a bit unnerving. You should anyway back up your registry before making these changes.
Start > Run > regedit
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HKCurrentUser\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
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OpenWithProgIds
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