How To Make File Association Changes Permenant

I'm having a problem with file associations reverting back every time I turn of my computer.
I'm using Finder "change all" function to change the file association. It works until I turn off my computer. Once rebooted file associations return.
It's a real hassle. For some reason MP4 files keep getting associated with Windows media player. Everytime I try to open one, parallalels loads up windows.
Any advise?

ekohanowich wrote:
how to make file able to open on pc
I assume you mean Windows Computer.
in Keynote: file > export > PowerPoint
Each Windows machine will need Powerpoint or PowerPoint Viewer installed.

Similar Messages

How to make file associations in XFCE permanent

Hi,
I have a problem with file associations in XFCE (Thunar, actually), because I can't make it permanent. After setting up, they work fine, but they change to default values after some time.
Anyone with same problem?:|

is it all file associations? maybe updating certain programs would do it or thunar itself but i seriously doubt it because config should still be the same

How to make file associations in my java apps

I am making a Graph maker in Java. Just give x = 1,2,3,4,5 and corresponding y = f(x) and get the discreate graph.
The graph can then be saved as a file of extention .grf (say) on the hard disk, and can be opened in my graph maker software for editing, viewing e.t.c.
Now my problem is that I want that when I dubble click on a file xyz.grf my graph maker should open automatically with this file opened in it, like other applications on windows say Notepad - dubble click on xyz.txt it will automatically launch Notepade with this file.
In other way I want that any .grf file gets associated to my graf maker.
Please help me and tell me the way, how should I proceed and how can I do this.

aashishjava wrote:
Yes Yes Yes It is 99% what I wanted to have. Thanks a lot ....You're welcome.
But now I want some thing more,(hand to forehead) They always want more. ;)
(a) There is a splash screen in my app. but JNLP always show its own splash screen, ...Webstart splash screens work differently to those of plain Jar files (which is unfortunate). A webstart splash screen has to be not included in the Jar, but available as a separate resource. The splash is defined in the JNLP launch file. For further details see the [JNLP File Syntax|http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/developersguide/syntax.html].
<quote>
The optional kind="splash" attribute may be used in an icon element to indicate that the image is to be used as a "splash" screen during the launch of an application. If the JNLP file does not contain an icon element with a kind="splash" attribute, but does contain another icon tag, Java Web Start will display a splash screen consisting of the image specified by the icon element on the left and the application's title and vendor on the right.
The first time an application is launched following the addition or modification of the icon element in the JNLP file, the old splash image will still be displayed. The new splash image will appear on the second and subsequent launches of the application.
</quote>
The 'ignored first time' is because the webstart client is more focused on getting the app. downloaded, cached and launched, than showing splashes. Once the app. is on-screen, it will download the splash in the background.
One other 'gotcha' of splash screens is that the JNLP file must define a href in the JNLP element for the splash to be used. The webstart client assumes that a JNLP with no href is dynamically generated, and will not be the same twice. Because of that it ignores the splash!
Edit 1:
Unfortunately, I do not have any direct examples of using splash screens A splash is usually on my 'To Do' list for projects, but it is a very low priority.
Edited by: AndrewThompson64 on Dec 10, 2009 11:35 AM

How make file association with a sgd application

hi!
I need to know, how i make file association from a sgd client.
I need open file .doc with a sgd application just make doble click in the file .doc
in the client
SO: rhel5u1
i have word.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=word2003
Icon=/home/ssa01/.tarantella/icon-cache/srsgd.sunssa.com/windows.gif
Categories=Application;SGD;
Type=Application
Exec="/home/ssa01/.tarantella/tcc/4.50.907/ttatcc" -profile "srsgd.sunssa.com::Default" -application ".../_ens/o=applications/cn=word2003"
Terminal=false
please help me!!

guinn8181
it showed up as a ProTools (an audio editing application I have installed) plug-in … How can a firmware update meant for a specific hardware but tied to a third party softwareThen this is a bug in ProTools. The "Open with" should show "<None>".
You need not concern yourself too much with this, since the system will run this updater as and when necessary—you don't need to run it yourself.

How to make File Dialog in different color

Hi to all,
How to make File Dialog to appear in orange color.
Regards
khiz_eng

I would like to know this also.....but it appears that there is not much you can do with an AWT FileDialog (not even moving it to the center of the screen).
sigh....
V.V.

How to make file able to open on pc

how to make file able to open on pc

ekohanowich wrote:
how to make file able to open on pc
I assume you mean Windows Computer.
in Keynote: file > export > PowerPoint
Each Windows machine will need Powerpoint or PowerPoint Viewer installed.

How to restore file associations in Bridge CS5?

Hi
Some time ago I somehow lost file associations in Adobe Bridge CS5. Now when I doubleclick a RAW file (Canon .CR2 file) I get Firefox, when I doubleclick a JPG I get FastStone and when I doubleclick a PSD file nothing happens at all. Also Photoshop is not in the options I get by right-clicking photos and choosing "Open with...".
I have tried [ Edit -> Preferences... -> File Type Associations -> Reset to Default Associations ] , but that didn't help.
Also when I look in the File Type Association dialog, my file types are set to "Explorer Settings", and Photoshop is not among the other options. I don't know how this uses to be (if associations are defined in Bridge or it uses Explorer/Windows settings?), but how do I easily recreate original setup from when I installed Photoshop?
Regards
Stig Nygaard
http://www.rockland.dk/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stignygaard/

Hi Neil
Thanks for the answer. I'm aware I can manually setup associations one-by-one for all file types I need, but just hoped there was some easier way. I mean there's a lot of file types associated in either windows/explorer or directly in Bridge. Some that I might not know I need tomorrow. Two things I have found out since I asked the question:
1) The problem is probably caused by uninstalling my old CS4 after I had installed CS5. It looks like somebody experienced a similar problem by uninstalling CS3 after the installation of CS4: http://forums.adobe.com/message/1899159#1899159. So apparently a bug Adobe hasn't fixed even though it was in previous version too!? :-( I think it is only natural to keep your old version installed for some time when installing an upgrade. Just to make sure the new version works well before you uninstall the previous (And I have previous had the problem that a new version of Photoshop had a habit of freezing on my PC - or some other error I don't remember - until Adobe released an update. So there's a reason for my behavior).
2) I have installed a second copy of CS5 now on my secondary portable PC, and are using this to make a similar setup regarding file associations in windows/explorer and Bridge. All associations for Photoshop was lost on my primary PC, and God... there's a lot of file associations to setup again... May I recommend Adobe (if reading this) to fix this bug and/or make a script to automatically recover all associations in case of loss!
/Stig

How to revert file associations in Win8 back to CS6?

I have tried out CC. I am not convinced of its merits and worth the money, so I let the subscription end.No problem. I have CS6.
But how can I revert file associations for example for .PNG or .JPG files back to PS CS6, instead of PS CC? Everytime I change it in the Control Panel, it seemingly accepts it, but then PS comes up with the message that I need to renew my subscription. When I start PS CS6 and open the intended file, there is no problem at all, no subscription renewal message and it all works.
Can I only change that behaviour by uninstalling CC completely? That sucks, because if I ever change my mind and go for CC, I need to redownload all the software, which takes a lot of hours.

How?
You can change them to Paint for instance, then change to PS CS6, but it still reverts to PS CC.
Now change that to:
and the result is:

Pushing a file association change?

Does anyone know how to go about issuing a change in file association to remote clients, either by commandline, an applescript, or MCX record?
I recently installed Bean wordprocessor for use in an elementary school, however the documents default to textedit when I launch them. I would prefer not to have to touch all these laptops if necessary.
Any means of changing file association via ARD or Server would be appreciated.

Try downloading the offline installers:
Adobe Reader
Flash Player for Internet Exporer - ActiveX
Flash Player for Firefox - NPAPI

How to identify files associated with apps?

Hello all -
   I am considering buying a new Mac mini which would come with Yosemite. My existing mini (mid 2011, Lion 10.7.5) has a lot of apps I do not wish to migrate, so I think I am stuck with manually reinstalling each of the apps I want on the new computer. How do I identify the necessary files associated with these apps (preferenes, app support, etc.) so I can copy them over after reinstalling on the new computer? Is there any way to track what files were installed along with the app when it was first installed? Anyone familiar with the claim of CleanApp to log all associated files with an installation (at time of install), or any other software that does this?
   Thanks - Randy

Thanks again Arthur for your response. I looked at RoaringApps but was not sure if I should enable the real time or just use basic. Real time seems to require a lot of downloading (and modification?)   What do you recommend - Real TIme or Basic?
As far as SunnyMenu, it is old but has worked flawlessly through and including Lion 10.7.5. The only alteration of the system is that it is added as a startup item in my User in System Preferences. It does not change the GUI, but adds menus (that you can customize) in addition to, rather than changing what System X does. The Dock will not accomodate nearly as many items and SunnyMenu allows for nested subfolders of menu items. I find it extremely useful and use it every day. I realize one day it will no longer work, but hope that, as it's pretty simple, that may be a bit further off. As a rule I don't dabble in System modifiying stuff like maintenance, clean-up, speed-up, "optimization" etc. and just rely on System X. I do have iStat Menus, but I don't believe that's modifying the System, but only displays information. RoaringApps seems to indicate it's compatible with everything through Yosemite. Would you recommend against that as well? It saved me once when my fan failed but I noticed the iStat temp & rpm display and got it repaired at my Apple Store before I completely toasted my mini.
Thanks again for your replies, they have been extrmely helpful in understanding how to start planning my move to a new Mac mini with Yosemite!

File associations change when new packages are installed (GNOME)

Hello!
Imagine I set Geany to open text files. It works, I just double click the files and they open with Geany. When I install Wine/Gedit/whatever... it overwrites my file association with Geany, opening it by default with notepad.exe/gedit/whatever.
Can someone help me?
Thanks, acmps

I don't know why this happens sometimes after installing or messing around with wine, but I can also confirm multiple, false entries in that associations-list.
But I know how to get rid of it after it happened (concerning these entries in my gnome-open-dialogue):
Delete the files which fit in ~/.local/share/applications/* or have a look at mimeapps.list which is also located there

How to make files read only

I want to make files read only. Any workaround is welcomed.

t quinn wrote:
ElMagoElGato,
I am glad to give some help but I am still confused because we are having different experiences. I have been able to lock Tables on my mac and have that lock respected in iOS for a long while now. Easy to unlock, impossible to relock. With the most recent upgrade I can lock tables after tapping the upper left dot to select the whole table and going to "arrange" in the paintbrush.
When you say worksheet are you meaning the entire file? When you say file lock are you meaning password protection? You can see I am confused.
quinn
Based on what ElMagoElGato has described, password protecting would be of no value to him. Once the file is accessed, it is in edit mode. Unless I'm really missing something.
Files I have imported from Mac iworks apps with elements locked stay locked for me in iOS. Not sure what the problem is.

How to make file versioned automatically when it is created

I am wondering it is possible to use the server side override to make file versioned when it is created. Does anyone have code to do it? Thanks a lot,
Jean

It might be possible. The difficult part is moving all the object creation code into an override. I did it by creating a new parser that always creates new documents as versioned (among other things) and have found that to work very well.

How to make file download in JSP ?

Friends,
i am using following code :
// LISTING FILES IN DIR
 out.println(" ");
 File dir = new File(dirName);
 String[] children = dir.list();
 if (children == null)
 // Either dir does not exist or is not a directory
 else
 %>
 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="68%" id="AutoNumber1">
 <tr>
 <td width="50%" align="center">File</td>
 <td width="50%" align="center">Action</td>
 </tr>
 <%
 for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++)
 // Get filename of file or directory
 String filename = children;
//out.println(filename);
%>
<tr>
<td width="50%">
<%=filename %></td>
<td width="50%">
<a href="<%= children[i %">">View</a></td>
</tr>
<%
out.println(" ");
%>
SInce i am not able to download file from link.
link shows path correct but why its not working ??
HELP ME.
*i don't want to show real path( physical location of file) on file donwload link.*
Example :
*it will not allow to show like following :*
*C:\project\webUpload\build\web\fuploads\file2.jpg*
*it may allow like :*
*\webUpload\fuploads\file2.jpg*
Thanks</a>

My friend you are getting it all wrong here...
Here we would be taking help of a dedicated servlet to locate and download a file(which would be the output the respective concent of depeding of the fineName or fileId you send in).
Please find some time and try to consider the below case...
Say i have a Servlet which takes a Request of detailed filePath and would give output as file itself....
and you prompt you give a link to that servlet from you JSP to download that file...
Checkout the below Code snippets to get some idea
DownloadPrompting.JSP:
==================
<a href="FileServlet?fileName=C:\fileuploaded\image1.jpg" title="C:\fileuploaded\image1.jpg">Click Here to download Image1 JPEG File</a>
<c:forEach var="fileName" items="${sessionScope.fileNames}">
 <a href="FileServlet?fileName=<c:uri value="${fileName}"/>" title="<c:out value="${fileName}"/>">Click Here to download</a>
</c:forEach>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------FileServlet.java
===========
package com;
import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URLConnection
public class FileServlet extends HttpServlet{
private void processAction(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
 // getting fileName which user is requesting for
 String fileName = request.getParameter("fileName").replace('\\','/');
 boolean exists = new File(fileName).exists();
 // Checking whether the file Exists or not
 if(exists){
 FileInputStream input = null;
 BufferedOutputStream output = null;
 int contentLength = 0;
 try{
 // Getting the Mime-Type
 String contentType = URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromName(fileName);
 if(contentType == null)
 contentType = "application/octet-stream";
 input = new FileInputStream(fileName);
 contentLength = input.available();
 // Enables us to specify of what kind of content we are trying to download.
 response.setContentType(contentType);
 // Specifes How much amountof data we straming & trying to download
 response.setContentLength(contentLength);
 // Adding Content Disposition header so that it cud enable us to get OPEN/SAVE after clicking on the link
 response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename="+fileName+"\");
 // Initializing File Streaming Response via a Servlet
 output = new BufferedOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());
 // Placing each byte on to the stream after reading it from the file
 while ( contentLength-- > 0 ) {
 output.write(input.read());
 // Flushing the stream.
 output.flush();
 }catch(IOException e) {
 System.err.println("Exception Occured:"+e.getMessage());
 System.err.println("Exception Localized Message:"+e.getLocalizedMessage());
 } finally {
 // Closing the INPUT stream
 if (input != null) {
 try {
 input.close();
 } catch (IOException ie) {
 System.err.println("Exception Occured:"+e.getMessage());
 System.err.println("Exception Localized Message:"+e.getLocalizedMessage());
 // Closing the OUTPUT stream
 if (output != null) {
 try {
 output.close();
 } catch (IOException ie) {
 System.err.println("Exception Occured:"+e.getMessage());
 System.err.println("Exception Localized Message:"+e.getLocalizedMessage());
 }else{
 response.sendRedirect("/errorPage.html");
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
 processAction(request,response);
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
 processAction(request,response);
}And if you are thinking of hiding filepath & all...
Here is a hint for you...
Try to maintain a properties file which has a key value pairs of that something like.
112345678=C:\\uploadfile\\image1.jpg
122142637=C:\\uploadfile\\image2.jpg
or create a Database table which which an autogenerated primany key with some Id and holds the complete filePath.
and in this case you would access the file something like the one below from your jsp
<a href="FileServlet?fileId=112345678" title="112345678">Click Here to download Image1 JPEG File</a>
<c:forEach var="fileId" items="${sessionScope.fileNames}">
 <a href="FileServlet?fileId=<c:uri value="${fileId}"/>" title="<c:out value="${fileId}"/>">Click Here to download</a>
</c:forEach>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------and in the fileServlet you might have to change the below part to
// getting fileName which user is requesting for
 String fileName = request.getParameter("fileName").replace('\\','/');to something like
// getting fileName which user is requesting for
 String fileId = request.getParameter("fileId");
 /*Querying the database or reading the Properties file to findout the correspoding filePath associated with the fileId something like*/
 String fileName = ResourceDelegate.getInstance().getFile("fileId").replace('\\','/');
NOTE:* The idea is similar to what my fellow poster is trying to explain you in all his posts.
Hope that might help :)
REGARDS,
RaHuL

How to make a permanent change to AW margins

I had to do a erase and re-install for leopard.
I had changed the margins so that they were a permanent change but the re-install brought be back to the original default settings.
I can not find any notes how I did it, and there is nothing under margins in a "missing manual' that mentions it.
Can someone remind me of the way to make the change permanently,
obviously I can do it each time using document but its annoying.
greg

Hi Greg,
You wrote:
+My template is: Appleworks WP Options.cwk (WP) as a header,+
By the above, I assume you mean that when you open the 'template' in AppleWorks, the document's Title Bar says "AppleWorks WP Options.cwk (WP)". This would indicate that you saved the file as a document rather than a template. A template would open as "untitled (WP)".
+I can not tell what the template enclosed box (starting points) says : Appleworks WP.+
I don't know what you mean by "the template enclosed box (starting points)".
I tried the get info Command + i , but the info window would not appear.
I did it with a click for the new template and tried clicking info with a new page,
Where were you when you did this? From your description above, you seem to be in AppleWorks, with a document open.
Get Info is a menu item in the Finder's File menu. In the Finder, command-I is a keyboard shortcut for the File > Get info... menu item. That menu item is not available in any ot the AppleWorks modes.
Command-I will produce a Get Info window only if you are in the Finder (the first three items in the Menu Bar will be  Finder File), and have selected a file's icon icon by clicking on it once. When you have selected a file you can go to the File Menu and choose Get Info..., or you can press command-I.
+So obviously I need to convert it to .cws. How do I change from cwk to cws?+
The easiest way is probably to delete the existing file, then recreate the template.
Quit AppleWorks, go to the Finder, Locate and Delete the file.
Launch AppleWorks, Open a new word processor document, Set the margins (and make any other settings that you want as default values in new word processor documents), then go File > Save as...
In the Save as dialogue, click the Template radio button at the bottom right of the dialogue window.
Change the document name from untitled.cws to AppleWorks WP Options.cws
(Appleworks will have changed the .cwk suffix to .cws when you clicked the Template button. The application will also have navigated to the Templates folder, which is where this template must be saved to work correctly.)
Check that;
—the file name is correct ( AppleWorks WP Options.cws )
—you are in the Templates folder (popup menu below the file name says Templates)
—the Template radio button at the bottom of the dialogue window is selected.
Then click Save.
The dialogue will close, leaving you in the word processor document. The document's title bar sould still say "untitled (WP)". Go File > Close (or click the red Close button) to close the file. Click *Don't Save* in the alert that warns you that you have not saved the file.
Your new default options are now set, and will apply to any new word processor document you create using any of the four standard procedures:
1. go File > New > Word processing
2. press command-N
3. click the Word processing button in the button bar
4. click the Word processing button in the Basic pane of Starting Points
+and would that also allow me to use the get info window?+
It will make no change in whether you can use the Get info window. See above.
Regards,
Barry

How To Make File Association Changes Permenant

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for