File type = MCDB

when I bought my mac, I has some hard drives from a pc with lots of file on them. Some files were an entire sound effects database (cant recall what they were on PC but they worked)
the drives had to be reformatted, then the file reinstalled but somehow all those files now look like this...
filename.wav.mcdb OR
mp3.mcdb
etc.
I tried removing the extension. the icon changes to an MP3 icon and it wants to open with ITunes but ITunes cant open it.
Also tried to open with Soundtrack Pro - dragged and dropped as well but nothing is working.
any idea how to restore the files?
best, M/

If File Type Associations are set properly in the Bridge preferences, the default setting can be made to open files in PS CS3, with CS4 installed. This works from within CS3 and CS4. However, it sometimes happens that one is in the Finder, and the default remains PS CS4, however much one tries (via File-Get Info) to modify the default system-wide settings so that these files open in CS3. In any event, a bit invasive. Of course, if I could get comfortable with the Adjustment Layer Panels, all this would be unnecessary, but for the moment, there appear to be too many clicks, and it is going to take some time, so I don't want to burn bridges. Perhaps there is also some ambiguity in my mind as to what the pointing finger in the new Curves dialogue box, much like a tolling bell, is trying to tell me.
But thanks, once again Anne, for your good-natured help.

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What are the premier file types

I see a lot of rendered file types in my disk directory after several editing sessions. I also see several types of files like pek, cfa, xmp. Is there somewhere that I can find the file types?
I'm trying to clean up my directories but am concerned about deleting them without knowing what they are and how they relate to each other.
Any help appreciated
Thanks,

Atlcenter
cfa and pek are conformed audio files, you can delete them. The program will regenerate them automatically when and if it feels that it needs them.
Find the Media Cache Files folder location (probably loaded with GB amounts of cfa and pek files by looking in Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Disk and Media Cache.
Those xmp files are information files which you typically do not need, but check out to what they are associated before deleting any.
Also, clear the mcdb files (conformed video files). See Edit Menu/Preferences/Media.
Check out the Adobe Premiere Elements Preview Files Folder in the Adobe Folder. They can be deleted. Consequence is you will need to Timeline render the related content in the project to get the best possible preview.
Let us start here, and then let us know how the clean up is going.
Under no circumstances delete, move, or rename source media that went into a project after it has been saved and closed.
ATR

Set file type associations in Adobe Bridge for Photoshop CS6

Is there a way I can edit the registry so that in Adobe Bridge, under edit, preferences, file type associations, the jpg extension is forced to use the 32-bit version of Photoshop? I can do it manually, but is there a registry key i can export to apply it to multiple computers?

Yes, in theory, but it is generally not recommended. But that location would depend on what OS you are on. This video give the locations for the Photoshop files, Bridge would just be in a neighboring folder: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-complete-picture-with-julieanne-kost/how-to-reset-photoshop- cs6s-preferences-file/

Data Recover From Formatted Drive? What is the best program to use to get back Logic Projects and any other file type?

I was in the process of reorganising my hard drives so I could RAID them however I managed to corrupt one drive and had to format it which meant I lost all my Logic Files and some other files. I managed to save a lot of files (mainly video files) before I had to format the drive but I need a Data Recovery service that will not alter anything on the hard drive and will put all the formatted files (regardless of the type) back for me so I can get the rest of the ones I need.
Thanks in advance.

What about folders and such?
No. FS doesn't reconstruct folders. However, Data Rescue does, depending on how you use it. About the only thing in Data Rescue a Quick Scan ever seems to show you are files that are already live.
So that leaves you with a Deep Scan, or a Deleted Files scan. The first pass of a Deep Scan will attempt to retrieve folders and files, along with their original names. The second pass only looks for file patterns. Like recognizing a Photoshop .psd file. It will recover it, but give it a nonsense name. A Deleted Files scan only results in nonsense names of recognized file types; no folders.
What were you using File Salvage on? A hard drive?
Yes, though you can use it on a flash drive, or any other mounted drive.
At the moment it is estimating 289 hours remaining on a 1TB drive. Can it not go faster?
No, both of the software mentioned are slower than molasses in January. When you delete anything in Windows, its file table entry simply tagged as deleted. So to unerase them, the tag is removed. That's why it works to quickly and easily (assuming you haven't already overwritten the data to be recovered).
In OS X though, the whole idea of the underlying UNIX structure is all about security. It's not supposed to be easy to retrieve deleted items. When you delete items, their file table entries are erased. So the only way to find deleted items is to scour the entire drive for BOF (Beginning Of File) markers that don't have a matching starting block to anything that is in the file table.
Another question, half the drive was empty. Will it fly over that empty space or will it sieve through it incase there was some files stored on it?
If you use the Expert mode is FS, you can choose to do that:

File type in GUI_download

Hi Experts,
Whatis the coresponding file type for 'WK1 for WS_DOWNLOAD in GUI_DOWNLOAD?

Hi ravi,
1. Its the same WK1.
2. U can check for yourself in the documentation of this parameter in se37.
regards,
amit m.

Removing obsolete file type associations from "Open With" menu

Ever since I removed VMWare Fusion 3.x from my system, I've been unable to remove the Bootcamp file type associations that it created. For example, if I right-click on a PDF and choose Open With, this is a partial list of what I see:
Adobe Acrobat Pro (default)
Adobe Distiller (Mac) - Boot Camp partition (VMWare Fusion 3.0.0)
Adobe Fireworks CS4
Adobe Fireworks CS4 (Mac) - Boot Camp partition (VMWare Fusion 3.0.0)
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Boot Camp partition (VMWare Fusion 3.0.0)
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Mac) - Boot Camp partition (VMWare Fusion 3.0.0)
...and on and on and on. 17 additional entries for Fusion for PDS's alone. This junk is driving me crazy.
I've tried rebuilding the Launch Services database with MacPilot and Onyx (the recommended fix that I've found on the web), but the entries still are there even after restarting Finder and rebooting my iMac. I'm at a loss to figure out how to get rid of these.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!

They are stored in the LaunchServices database. You can give this a try, but no guarantees. If you no longer use VM Fusion then I suggest following the information below on uninstalling software.
Rebuild LaunchServices Database
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste in the following command in its entirety:
find /System/Library/Frameworks -type f -name "lsregister" -exec {} -kill -seed -r \;
Press RETURN.
Wait for the Terminal prompt to return after which you can quit the Terminal.
Uninstalling Software: The Basics
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Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
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AppZapper
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File Type Associations

Recently re-installed Adobe Photoshop CS6, Dreamweaver CS4 and Illustrator CS4 because I had considered not renewing my Adobe CC subscription. I decided to stay on CC one more year, but the previous version installs totally messed up my default file associations. I do not want to uninstall those previous apps.
So of course I went to Bridge preferences and painfully changed them to the CC programs. The problem is if I want to open an .ai in Photoshop CC I used to be able to from one of the options in the flyout. Now I can only pick the default and all the other options are like Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS4. How can I change those other options populating the flyout without uninstalling the old apps?
I can go to Photoshop CC and manually open it there, but that defeats the whole purpose of Bridge.
I tried to change file type associations through Windows 8 file type associations but it won't let me do it there either.
Thanks.

Find a file you want to have associated to a different application in the Finder.
Control-mouse click (or right click if you have a two button mouse) the file and select Open With's submenu Other...
Find the application you want to open it with, and make sure in the Open With... file dialog box, you check "Always Open With" before selecting the application. Documents of that type will now always open with that specific application you chose.

File Type Associations Do Not Stick System-Wide CS4

When I set File Type Associations for PSD, Tiff, DNG and Jpeg fles in Bridge CS4 so that my files will open in PS CS3 (and insure that the same file associations apply in Bridge CS3), this works as it should from within CS4 and CS3, but it is impossible to introduce a system-wide change in Mac OS 10.5.5 via File-Info. It always reverts to CS4 for these file types, if I try to 'modify all'. The same thing happened when I upgraded from CS2 to CS3.

If File Type Associations are set properly in the Bridge preferences, the default setting can be made to open files in PS CS3, with CS4 installed. This works from within CS3 and CS4. However, it sometimes happens that one is in the Finder, and the default remains PS CS4, however much one tries (via File-Get Info) to modify the default system-wide settings so that these files open in CS3. In any event, a bit invasive. Of course, if I could get comfortable with the Adjustment Layer Panels, all this would be unnecessary, but for the moment, there appear to be too many clicks, and it is going to take some time, so I don't want to burn bridges. Perhaps there is also some ambiguity in my mind as to what the pointing finger in the new Curves dialogue box, much like a tolling bell, is trying to tell me.
But thanks, once again Anne, for your good-natured help.

Bridge File Type Associations don't see my (2014) products?

I have just updated Ps, Ai & Id to (2014) and uninstalled old versions (Win 7)
Now Bridge has forgotten all my File Type Associations (no Adobe products in drop down) same is happening with my suitcase fusion 5 plugs, 2014 product not in plugs list
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Has Ubuntu and Windows ever seen each other?
You say "Ubuntu is apparently a linux platform...". not apparently - it IS a linux platform (are these your computers?)
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On PC: ControlPanel>System>ComputerName..jot down workgroupName.
On ubuntu, the file/etc/samba/smb.conf is edited (might not need this yet).
On Mac: Utilities> DirectoryAccess, Configure SMB/CFS...enter WorkgroupName in appropriate box.
(then look into SystemPreferences>Sharing, and turn on File Sharing.
In network utilities on the mac, have you been able to you ping these computers by their IP address? Have you been able to ping mac by number from Windows or Linux?
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Photoshop CS4 - File Type Associations and Bridge CS4

I have both Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Elements 7.0 installed on my PC running Windows Vista Home Premium, I removed Photoshop CS3 after installing CS4. The issue I have is that if I look at file associations in Bridge CS4 under Preferences, none of the file types are set to Photoshop CS4, they are set to either Explorer or Photoshop Elements 7.0. The even stranger thing is also that if I try to change the associations, Photoshop CS4 is not even displayed as an option, as Photoshop Elements 7.0 always is, I have to browse in order to find it. This works, but I find it strange. Also within Windows none of the file associations are set to Photoshop CS4 after installation, I have to change them manually, again by browsing for it. I remember that in previous installs of Photoshop there was the possibility to change or use default file associtions, does CS4 have this? I guess this is not really a problem, but I find it somewhat strange that Elements 7.0 is always offered as an option but not CS4 and makes me feel it hasn't installed properly. Anyone have any ideas?

CCleaner did the trick for me too!
But I still suspect something about CS4 installer is not right.
Under CS3 I used Vista "open with">"choose program">"always use" to assiciate bridge CS3 with my canon camera raw files.. At that time it did work.
After installing CS4, I wanted to do the same with bridge CS4 but it didnt work. In the "choose program" vista menu, whatever I was doing, I couldnt select bridge CS4 it was always comming back to photoshop cs4 or bridge cs3.
After using CCleaner, I could re-associate the way I want right away.
So my word to photoshop's installer developper: please try to reproduce this issue, it should be easy, and make the installer avoid this.
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Configure File Type Associations dosen't work for users

Hi EB,
Does anyones knows how to set the File Type Associations for users ? It works for me when i'm logged in as Admin but not as a user. When logged as user it always ask to configure the file associations when i open JDev and even with JDev open it does not set it. I tried to find an article about that but couldn't find any.
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winXP SP3
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Setting Bridge's file type associations in Preferences

Hello,
I am using Bridge with Windows 7 and I'm trying to change the file type association for a jpg from Photoshop to Office 2015. When I click on Browse, I find myself looking in Program Files/ Program Files (x86) but nothing seems to be a form of Office 2015 that will work. I see a folder for Office 2015 and inside is an .exe file, but that doesn't do it.
Any suggestions?
Thank you.

cosmasd86465293 wrote:
Hey,
I apologize station_two but when you say "look for a specific application" what would the extension be? The only thing I seem to see are .exe files and they don't seem to work…
You are looking for an application, and ALL applications in a Windows environment have an .exe extension. There's no other kind.
cosmasd86465293 wrote:
…More importantly, though, could you tell me what you mean by "I cannot even remotely imagine why you would want to do that, but it's your workflow, not mine."?
Because to me it sounds nuts. All MS Office applications are pretty bad at handling images and voracious resource hogs.
cosmasd86465293 wrote:
…I don't want to open up Photoshop every time I want to see a jpg. What would be a good "viewer" -- that's not as huge as Photoshop?…
Google is your friend. There are all kinds of free image viewers, even free image editors. I can't help you there because I don't do windows.
Finally:
Remember, you are not addressing Adobe here in the user forums. You are requesting help from volunteers users just like you who give their time free of charge. No one has any obligation to answer your questions.

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How can we give the Data Format (File Type ) in Runtime for the following method,
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EXPORTING
*    BIN_FILESIZE              =
    filename                  =
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*    APPEND                    = SPACE
*    WRITE_FIELD_SEPARATOR     = SPACE
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*    TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS     = SPACE
*    WRITE_LF                  = 'X'
*    COL_SELECT                = SPACE
*    COL_SELECT_MASK           = SPACE
*    DAT_MODE                  = SPACE
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*    NO_AUTH_CHECK             = SPACE
*    CODEPAGE                  = SPACE
*    IGNORE_CERR               = ABAP_TRUE
*    REPLACEMENT               = '#'
*    WRITE_BOM                 = SPACE
*    TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL = 'X'
* IMPORTING
*    FILELENGTH                =
changing
    data_tab                  =
* EXCEPTIONS
*    FILE_WRITE_ERROR          = 1
*    NO_BATCH                  = 2
*    GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER   = 3
*    INVALID_TYPE              = 4
*    NO_AUTHORITY              = 5
*    UNKNOWN_ERROR             = 6
*    HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED        = 7
*    SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED     = 8
*    FILESIZE_NOT_ALLOWED      = 9
*    HEADER_TOO_LONG           = 10
*    DP_ERROR_CREATE           = 11
*    DP_ERROR_SEND             = 12
*    DP_ERROR_WRITE            = 13
*    UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR          = 14
*    ACCESS_DENIED             = 15
*    DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY          = 16
*    DISK_FULL                 = 17
*    DP_TIMEOUT                = 18
*    FILE_NOT_FOUND            = 19
*    DATAPROVIDER_EXCEPTION    = 20
*    CONTROL_FLUSH_ERROR       = 21
*    NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_GUI      = 22
*    ERROR_NO_GUI              = 23
*    others                    = 24

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Repair Disk Permissions http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5821
Repair Disk http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1782
reset ACLs http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/15/repair-user-permissions-in-mac-os-x-lion/

Backup MaxDB 7.6 mit HP Data Protector; Wrong file type

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From: BSM-hph3000.thebis.de "Content_sdb_sdba" Time: 26.04.2008 10:19:16
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
      Executing the dbmcli command: `dbm_configset -raw set_variable_2 OB2APPNAME=SDB'.
From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:22
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:23
      Error: SAPDB responded with:
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      -903,Host file I/O error
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From: OB2BAR_SAPDBBAR-dell2950.thebis.de "SDB" Time: 04/26/08 10:16:23
      Executing the dbmcli command: `exit'.
From: BSM-hph3000.thebis.de "Content_sdb_sdba" Time: 26.04.2008 10:19:18
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From: BSM-hph3000.thebis.de "Content_sdb_sdba" Time: 26.04.2008 10:19:18
      None of the Disk Agents completed successfully.
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Ein Versuch, die Pipe /usr/omni/tmp/SDB.BACKDP-Data[1].1 manuell auf dem MaxDB-Server anzulegen, schlug ebenso fehl. Eine Pipe /usr/omni/tmp/SDB.BACKDP-Data kann angelegt werden.
Frage 1) Hat jemand ein ähnliches Problem und dazu eine Lösung?
Frage 2) Wo ist hinterlegt, welchen Medium-Name der Data Protector beim command "medium_put" verwenden soll?
Danke für Eure Hilfe!
Gruß
Gerhard Krauß
Heidelberg

Hi Marcus,
we use the version 5.5.
The pipe name is generated by the Data Protector. When I want to create manually a pipe with this name I got the message "No hit found".
Do you know a possibilty where we can configure (at Data Protector or MaxDB) which medium name should be used for creating the pipe?
Thanks a lot!
Gerhard

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