"Open With" settings lost on reboot

All file type associations are reset to their defaults when the machine is shut down. Where are the configuration files stored?

I ended up following the link at the end of that tip to find other solutions (I wasn't content with running a script when logging in), which, interestingly enough, linked back to the Apple support forums.
Anyway, I came across this post which works perfectly and doesn't require a script:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9468630#9468630
At the end of that thread, there are a few people who said that they no longer have this problem in Snow Leopard... Maybe I'm experiencing an edge case?
In any case, thanks for your help!

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How to change "Open With" Settings

At work I use a PowerMac to do artwork and such, but I haven't had it long. Before then I had a crappy PC (that thankfully died, so I could convince my boss to get me a PowerMac XD). The boss for a while used CorelDRAW, and a lot of old files are in this format on an external hard drive. Unfortunately for Mac users the file extension is .cdr which is also a disc image format. I want to change the "Open With" settings on all of these files, but I want to be able to double-click on cdr disc images and mount them. Is there some way to do this, someway to get OS X to know that those files aren't disc images but CorelDRAW documents? If it makes it any easier (dunno if it would matter) all of the CorelDRAW documents will always be stored on the external hard drive.

I have about 4 or 5 of them on my desktop right now. OS X by default can mount them, and by default has the cdr extension labeled as a disc image. They're typically used by Toast to clone CDs directly without changing their file structure in any way, especially useful for bootable discs. There's some Windows and UNIX programs that can use them as well.
I've already made the CorelDRAW files easily searchable through Spotlight by inserting metadata, but I was just wondering if there was a way to tell OS X that these aren't disc images, but CorelDRAW files and have them open in Illustrator by default. If there isn't oh well.

N800 os2008 combined: settings lost over reboot, U...

Loaded the combined os2008 onto my n800. Wifi worked (unlike the n800-specific version), lots of other things worked. But there are differences.
- word choice and word prediction during typing used to be defaulted on; now off. Turn them on, they work fine and still use my saved information from before. Turn n800 off last night, turn it on today, and the settings have all been lost - I had to turn them on again.
- concern - what other settings are getting lost over reboot?
- auto capitalization used to UPSHIFT the keyboard to indicate that it was shifting the first letter of a word. not now. caused me problems with a password until i realized i had turned it on along word prediction.

I've got the same thing happening on a newly flashed N800. The settings seem to disappear at random. I haven't been able to discern a pattern yet, but, like you, seem to lose them always over a power cycle.
I've had my N800 three days and seeing your post makes me think I don't have a defective unit. When and how does suspicious new behavior turn into a bug?

Who do "open with" defaults change after rebooting??

All,
I tried to launch this question in different words before but somehow never got a reply.
I know in "get info" you can supposedly change the default with "open with ---> change all".
Supposedly.............it works, until you reboot.
I want NOT to use preview to look at pictures because I do not like the fact that you can`t work with the arrow "next / last" or with the keyboard arrows.
Now people already explained to me how to select all pics in preview etc, but that´s too complicated for just looking at a few picture quickly. Also it´s not my question.............
My question is: how do I change my default picture viewer for good??
I tried it the windows way............right click on a picture, open with and tick the box "always open with" at the bottom but that don´t work either, I´m afraid.
I spent 2 hours trying............I even deleted Preview from "programs" but this defaults to a picture adjustment program..........still not what I want.
I like Xee, went into preferences of "Xee", ticked the files that it has to open, it works fine............until I reboot. Am I the only one in the world that struglles with this??
Please Apple-gurus...........help me!!
Surely Leopard hasn´t got this error?? Why bother with an "open always" button if it gets reset as soon as I happen to switch off my Macbook Pro??????
Does Snow Leopard change this perhaps??
Cheers,
Not a Clue.

Well, not exactly. You said you tried using Open With, but that could have been from the contextual menu as opposed to using Get Info. I interpreted the former from your post.
If they are not permanently changed it could be for a variety of reasons. One is the filetypes/extensions are not similar. For example changing the default for a .doc file is not the same as changing the default for a .docx file. Also changing the default for a document without an extension isn't likely to work. To work properly the document file must have the normal extensions assigned by the default application that opens that file.
Another possibility is a problem with the LaunchServices database. You can try resetting it as follows:
Rebuild LaunchServices Database
For Tiger users
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste in the following command in its entirety:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServic es.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Press RETURN.
For Leopard users
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste in the following command in its entirety:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Press RETURN.
And, if you haven't done so already I would suggest the precautionary:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

Hyper-V 2012 R2 - Linux Guest VLAN Settings lost after reboot

Hi Guys,
last night a have seen a strange behavior with a Sophos UTM 9.204020 Linux Guest VM. (This VM is based on SUSE SLES v11? i think)
So i have Setup this in my home lab and experienced the same problem.
----Setup-----
2 External VM Switches
Management OS is on VLAN 4093 with IP 192.168.20.1
The guest network adapter is in Trunk Mode, VLAN Tag (4093) is set in the guest OS with IP 192.168.20.100
Everything works until you kick off a reboot from the guest or hyper-v console, after the reboot you loose the connectivity on the network adapter with the vlan trunk.
If you shutdown the guest and start it everthing works again - this happens only on reboot!!
I have tried diffrent things (static mac, enable disable hardware features (vmq/offloading etc) on the vm network adapter but always the same error.
After some search on the net i have found this article: Link
This guy has the same problem with another linux vm (based on debian) his workaround was to trigger a powershell script with the eventlog after reboot of the vm, this works for me too but this must be bug?
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
André

Hi Andre,
I would suggest you to install the supported Linux guest OS on hyper-v , please refer to following link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dn531030.aspx
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[Solved] Catalyst Control Center settings lost after reboot

Hi
After having a working desktop I decided not to use xinerama because it wouldn't work with the composite extension. So i decided to start from scratch. After following the wiki on making a dual-head setup in my xorg.conf file it kind of worked (cloned display 1280x1024). I changed settings in ccc and all was perfect (Big desktop 3200x1080). But then after restarting all ccc configuration was lost.
xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "screen-layout"
Screen 0 "screen0" 1920 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor0"
Option "VendorName" "BenQ"
Option "ModelName" "TV"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
Option "VendorName" "ViewSonic"
Option "ModelName" "Display"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "RightOf" "monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OverlayOnCRTC2" "1"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Device "device0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TVOverScan" "0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 3200 1080
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
And here is the log:
sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 6.433] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 6.536] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 6.632] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[ 6.639] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 6.912] (WW) fglrx(0): Big Desktop related functionalities are replaced by RandR 1.2!
[ 6.946] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
[ 6.946] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
[ 7.347] (WW) fglrx(0): TFD direct rotation is not supported currently with multi-viewport screen
[ 7.807] (WW) evdev: EST Gaming keyboard: ignoring absolute axes.
Does anyone know how to fix this or have a better solution on dual-head without xinerama?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Nue (2014-07-15 12:17:06)

I just realized that I wont need to be able to drag windows between screens. heh
I got it mostly right now. It's just that my second screen is black. You can move the mouse there but thats it. I will keep on working.
My .xinitrc
cat .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
setxkbmap -layout se
exec awesome
The xorg.conf.d should be untouched
sudo ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
10-evdev.conf 50-joystick.conf 50-vmmouse.conf
10-quirks.conf 50-synaptics.conf
The main issue and reason I started over was that Composite wouldn't work when xinerama was enabled.

ITunes settings lost after reboot

I have a problem where after a reboot the settings of iTunes are back to default. For example:
it loses the account for the Store (I have to re-enter email address and password);
it loses the wifi sync settings for my devices
it shows the iTunes tutorials screen, as if I'm starting iTunes for the first time
settings under preferences are lost
Other things are not lost:
the library is still there;
iTunes remembers the devices (when connecting it is handled as a known device) and knows what playlists/apps/.. to sync with it.
Since I'm not rebooting my Windows 7 PC a lot, the problem is not occuring a lot, it doesn't keep me from using iTunes, it is just annoying. Now after rebooting I decided it's enough and I would post the issue (since I can't seem to find a comparable issue).
Also worthwile noticing is that the problem is already there for some time, though I can't exactly pinpoint anymore when it started. Possible when iTunes 9 or 10 were realeased.
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Settings lost after reboot (1841)

After learning the basics of this router over the past few days I can't get the actual setup/settings to remain saved after the router has been shut down for a day or two (still learning and experimenting).
Having set it up the way I want it, both through console and SDM I either save the config through SDM or "wr me" through the console and the settings are saved without any issues.
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'Open with'/'Always open with' file settings not saved after Mac get's shut down.

Every time I restart the computer, I have to re-change the 'open with' settings to files. How do you get the Mac to remember the settings after the computer is shut down. It used to not have this problem.

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How to change "open with" defaults via command line?!?

folks,
i know that if i get info on a file -- in this case, a filemaker 5.5 file -- i can choose the default "open with" settings and apply those settings to all files of that kind. see the attached image for what i mean.
but how do i do that via the command line?
thus far, here's what i've got: i know that i can open a document called "scrubbing shell.sh" on my desktop WITH either MS Word of TextEdit by calling:
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or
open -a Microsoft\ Word /Users/david/Desktop/scrubbing-shell.sh
no sweat. BUT....how do i set the defaults so that it ALWAYS opens with that app in the future when double-clicking via the GUI?
many thanks, ya'll!
david koff
associate systems admin
the j. paul getty trust
dkoff AT getty DOT edu

Hi David,
   OK, I investigated the new format and treatment. It appears that the first entry in the property list file that matches the file being opened wins. The Finder may still honor the new format; when I moved my old Panther file into Tiger it seemed to work. However, in other ways, the Finder doesn't recognize the old format, which is the format of the FileMaker entries you posted.
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% cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy.plist
I change all GIF files to be opened by GraphicConverter instead of Preview, which is an old setting in the old format.
% plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
% diff --text ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy.plist
404,409d403
<      <dict>
<         <key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
<         <string>com.compuserve.gif</string>
<         <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<         <string>com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter</string>
<      </dict>
Then I change all the GIF files to be opened by Preview again.
% plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
% cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy2.plist
% diff --text ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy.plist
404,409d403
<       <dict>
<          <key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
<          <string>com.compuserve.gif</string>
<          <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<          <string>com.apple.preview</string>
<       </dict>
% diff --text ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy2.plist
408c408
<          <string>com.apple.preview</string>
          <string>com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter</string>
   Note that I had to change the file to text after every change because the Finder converted the file to binary format every time it edited it. I didn't have to logout or reboot; the property list file change less than a second after the preference was set. I'm guessing that because you were just looking at the old-format entry, you missed the real changes to your property list file. Did it change from text to binary format? Try the command line tools that I used above.
   Note that this means that it matters where you put your entries in the property list file if you edit it.
Gary
~~~~
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   who understand binary numbers and those who don't.

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[I am posting this question using IE.]
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I have done a complete search on my computer. The only other sessionstore files (sessionstore-nn.js) are located in a differently named profile folder dating back to May, 2012.
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I close Firefox (Mozilla home page) by clicking on File, Exit.
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I then rename sessionstore.bak (11,952 KB) to sessionstore.js.
When I restart Firefox (V 24.0) I get the same error message, "Firefox is having trouble recovering your windows and tabs. This is usually caused by a recently opened web page." The only option is to restore "Advertisement".
Restore Previous Session is grayed out; there is no button on the home page to restore a previous session.
So, is the sessionstore.bak (11,952 KB) *really* just the advertising page? If so, where is the sessionstore file that contains my actual previous browsing session? (More tabs that you can imagine.)
What should I try next to get Firefox to open with my "lost" browsing session?

When I click on Tools - Options - Privacy, Firefox will Remember History.
I do not see an option to 'Clear History when Firefox closes - Exceptions'.
There i* a line below History which states: 'You may want to *clear your recent history* or *remove individual cookies*'. The text enclosed within the asterisks indicates a link.
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Need to find a scripts for changing default "Open with" iTunes app to Quick

Hello all...
I'm new to scripting but need a script really quickly...
I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a script that will change the default "Open with" of audio files placed within a certain folder on my desktop...
I'm making sound clips with WireTap and dumping them in a folder called WireTapExports as .mp3. I then need to play them without using iTunes (and importing them by default) but going into the "Get Info" and manualy changing the "Open With" settings for each file is taking ages...and it's very irratating...
Is there a way I can make all audio file put in that folder automaticaly open with Quicktime instead.
I know this is quite easy to most but I've only just started looking at Applescript (i.e. a few days ago) and but I need this to work now...
Many thanks in advance...
PigeonCake...

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