Opening a file WITHOUT double-clicking

In Windows one can open a file from Explorer either by double-clicking or by hitting the Return/Enter key.
In Mac OS X I can only open a file by double-clicking it. So far, using the keyboard I can only rename it (when I hit Return), or delete it (if I press Command+Return).
Is there a keyboard shortcut for opening a file? I am a keyboard person and, sometimes, when I navigate from one folder to another, I would like to open the file without moving my hand to get the mouse.

It's Command-o, for open, of course. As you discovered, pressing Return is the handy short-cut to high-light the file for renaming.
Francine
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Open the file by double click

hi
I'm writing a program like desktop search engine but � have a problem by opening the searched file. How can I first choose the searched file on screen and also how can I open the file by double click?
p.s I'm using windows

gokche wrote:
hi
I'm writing a program like desktop search engine but � have a problem by opening the searched file. How can I first choose the searched file on screen and also how can I open the file by double click?Please provide more detail; this isn't very clear. What do you mean by "the searched file"? What do you mean by "choose the searched file on screen"?
p.s I'm using windowsFortunately, this shouldn't matter.

Off topic... - Open .class file on double click

Hi, I'm using windows and with the assoc and ftype commands in CMD i can make files open with a certain program and load some parameters. But I'd like to use the ftype command to open the file without the extension within.
Here is my example:
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ftype JavaClassFile=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin\java.exe %*And then :
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Adobe X: Can't open multiple files by double-clicking

I have Adobe Reader version 10.1.0.534 running on Windows XP SP3. Once I have a .pdf file open, I cannot open additional .pdf files by double-clicking on their icon from within a folder or on my Desktop. I can only open them by going through the File>Open dialog in Reader or by dragging the icon onto the open Reader window. I can open the first .pdf file by double-clicking, just not any after that. This behavior is new in Adobe X.
Does anyone else see this?
Is this by design? If so, why? It seems to be an unneccessary annoyance and a deprecation.
Thanks

Hi Valerie,
What happens if you try to open the same files after launching Acrobat, by choosing File > Open?
Has anything changed since on your system since you were able to open Acrobat/PDF files by double-clicking?
For starters, please try repairing the Acrobat installation by choosing Help > Repair Acrobat Installation.
Please let us know how it goes.
Best,
Sara

Error opening JAR files with double-click

I have this problem while trying to execute a JAR file by double-clicking in Windows Vista Home: the JAR file never opens and it appears the following in the command line:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: C:\PATH_TO_FILE\JAR_FILE_NAME/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: C:\PATH_TO_FILE\JAR_FILE_NAME.jar
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)the strange thing is that I have the environmental variable CLASSPATH set to ".;" and while running from the command line as java -jar C:\PATH_TO_FILE\JAR_FILE_NAME.jar I have no problems...
Any idea?? Thanks in advance!

This was getting so frustrating I turned off FileVault and the problem went away. That's too bad, but there it is.

Can't open PDF files by double-clicking

really frustrating - PDF files won't open, nothing happens when I double click my files. Need help to solve this problem shortly.
I use ACROBAT XI PRO / WINDOWS 8
Thanks so much for your prompt consideration
Val

Hi Valerie,
What happens if you try to open the same files after launching Acrobat, by choosing File > Open?
Has anything changed since on your system since you were able to open Acrobat/PDF files by double-clicking?
For starters, please try repairing the Acrobat installation by choosing Help > Repair Acrobat Installation.
Please let us know how it goes.
Best,
Sara

CS6 - can't open a file by double-clicking

upgraded to CS6 and now when I double-click on a jpeg or RAW file it will not open. All I get is a greyed-out Photoshop window. I have to go up to the Photoshop Tool Bar and go File > Open > ........ to open the file.

1. Are you using Windows/ Mac OS?
2. Check the filetype association to ensure the desired filetype is associated with Photoshop CS6 by default. If you upgraded from CS5 or earlier, you may want to force change your filetype association to Photoshop CS6 once for all filetypes you'd like to open with CS6
3. Do you have any dialog box (such as Open) open in Photoshop when you try double clicking a file from your explorer/ finder. In this case, Photoshop will not open the file when you doubleclick outside
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Opening a file by double clicking it

I have a table in which I have a list of some files. When I double click the file I have to open the file from a specified path. Presently I have written the following code which successfully opens the file.
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 SHELL32.DLL,ShellExec_RunDLL \""+fileName+"\"");
But the above code can be run only in windows. Is there any other way which is platform independent to open the files?

Well, with JavaSE 6 you could use java.awt.Desktop I think:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Desktop.html
-Puce

How to open a file by double clicking in an RUNNING exe built by LabVIEW

I am developing an applicationg using LabVIEW. But found some difficulties.
This is an editor, and I link this app to a certain file format.
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But if my exe is runing already, I double click the file, I could not get the latest command line information.
When the exe is running, How doule click the file to send some sort of info the this exe so the exe could open a new one.
How to do this in LabIVEW?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi,
You have to make the Vi reentrant so that it does not share the same memory location:
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InCopy will not open InCopy file when double-clicking on file

A collegue is having trouble opening InCopy files. When
she double-clicks on an InCopy file she gets this message:
Missing required 'from' for event 'open'.
She can open files from inside InCopy by using the file : open command.
Any idea what she needs to do to fix her problem/
Terry

IowaBoy9 wrote:To do that, we are in the habit of opening the inca file in the InCopy Assignments folder. The other option--opening the original package-- always fills me with dread. Did I select the correct option or have I wiped out all the changes I already made?
No, you are doing exactly the right thing. Open the inca file in the InCopy Assignments > Assignment Name folder. You may even want to delete the original package (or at least archive it) right after you open it to prevent opening it accidentally.
Like Bob said, sounds like some sort of internal Windows issue. Try reassociating the extensions with the program.
Or can you right-click and choose Open With?
AM

OFFICE 2010 can not open EXCEL files by double click, only File Open....

Hi:
I am using WIN7 ultimate 64 bit and excel 2010 (office 2010 Pro plus).
I can not open any excel file(.xls and .xlsx) with a double click on the file. if I double click on the file, the application launches and excel starts, but no file is loaded and no error message, I have to manually go file open and select the file and
then it opens correctly...
I have tried every solutions I can find from internet, but none worked....
1.Repair the office 2010 instalation.------doesn't work.
2.Right-click the file >>Select "Open With" and select [Excel 2010]>> Check always use this program. ------doesn't work.
3.Options>>Advanced>>General section>>unchecked "Ignore Other Applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)".------doesn't work.
4.Run>> input "Excel /regserver". ------doesn't work.
5.Create new user profiles.------doesn't work.
6.Delete EXCEL folder under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\".------doesn't work.
Is there any other solutions can fix this problem? Any help are appreciated.
Yong.

Hello Yong,
Thanks for posting in our forum. Seems you've already tried lots of things, and I can see that those are all steps that reportedly have worked for others.
Here is one more thing that you might want to have a try:
Open Registry Editor
Go to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Open\command
Highlight the key, select the (Default), select "Modify..."
from the pull-down menu and then enter the value below: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\Root\Office15\EXCEL.EXE"
"%1" (include the quote marks)
Then OK your way out
Please have a try and feel free to post back.
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Opens folders and files without double-clicking

I have a MB Air.
I can't click normally files or folders in Bridge without it opening them. With folders it's pretty ok, but with images that I wanna preview before editing, it's a pain. I have managed to go around it with two-finger click that puts the image in the preview panel along with the options, but I really didn't need to do this a while ago. Was there a new, very bad update or what is this?
I have googled my way to nowhere and both PS and Bridge preferences show me nothing.

No updates to Bridge CC in a while, and I run 10.10.2.
If it just started happening, and this behavior is not happening in the Finder or even using quicklook, perhaps the Bridge Preferences should be reset.
Start Adobe Bridge and immediately press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) until the Reset Settings dialog box appears. Select all three options--Reset Preferences, Reset Standard Workspaces, and Purge Entire Thumbnail Cache--and then click OK.

Cannot open file by double clicking it

Since upgrading to 6.0.2 I can't open a file by double clicking it. I get "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
Also, clicking on a link in an email (Thunderbird) nothing happens.

Sorry, restarting the computer seems to have fixed it.

Sublime Text 2 won't open files with double click

Hi, this is my first time asking for something.
Well, i've been using Scribes, but sometimes i need tabs in my text editor, so i installed Sublime Text 2.
The problem is that i can't open files with double click, i need to use "subl filename" and that it's not funny :S
If i double click a file ST2 opens, but with a tab named "file" and without content.
Is there a fix for that?
My Arch installation (if is neccesary):
Arch x86_64
Openbox (stand-alone)
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P.D: sorry for my english D:

the reason seems to be a broken desktop file. `/usr/share/applications/sublime-text.desktop` says `Exec=subl %U`, but it should be `%f`. Also the Aur package does not provide a `subl` symlink so you should create one.

When I try to open an image by double clicking on it in Bridge, I get a message telling me to log in to Creative Cloud. I am running CS6, and the default should be to open files in Photoshop 6 or in Adobe Raw (if it's a Raw file). I don't want to log in

When I try to open an image by double clicking on it in Bridge, I get a message telling me to log in to Creative Cloud. I am running CS6, and the default should be to open files in Photoshop 6 or in Adobe Raw (if it's a Raw file). I don't want to log into CC since I am not a subscriber, and this means that I have to work around, and go back to Bridge, and tell it to open the file in Adobe RAW. However, this does not work for older psd files which for some reason cannot be opened in RAW. How do I return to the process of simply allowing RAW files to open automatically in Adobe RAW, and simply right clicking on the image in Bridge to bring up the option of opening it in Photoshop?

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