Windows Dunce Question (probably OT)
Hello folks. Question here from complete Windows dope. What am I doing wrong? I've installed Rev on PC to test and tweak stuff I've written on Mac. But... any .rev files I see have the wrong icon. Presumably the file association is wrong on my system. I have tried going to properties of file and choosing Revolution as the prog to open the file. But a) Rev isn't in the list... and b) if I then browse for Rev, the PC won't add Rev to the list or associate it with the file. Upshot is, I can't double-click file (without opening wrong program) or drag file to Rev program (if I do, it opens Rev but Rev ignores file). The only way I can open the file is by ctrl-O and choosing from dlog... - and that's just oh-so-last-century... Do any of you Windows experts have any suggestions? Do I have a screwed up registry or something? Or just a screwed up Mac user? Help! Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Windows Dunce Question (probably OT)
On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Chris Carroll-Davis wrote: Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:12:37 + From: Chris Carroll-Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello folks. Question here from complete Windows dope. What am I doing wrong? I've installed Rev on PC to test and tweak stuff I've written on Mac. But... any .rev files I see have the wrong icon. Presumably the file association is wrong on my system. I have tried going to properties of file and choosing Revolution as the prog to open the file. But a) Rev isn't in the list... and b) if I then browse for Rev, the PC won't add Rev to the list or associate it with the file. Upshot is, I can't double-click file (without opening wrong program) Any chance this wrong program is WinRAR ? WinRAR uses the same file extension .rev as Revolution does and if it's installed prior to Revolution it would change Rev icons to it's own. My solution was to change .rev file association directly in registry. WinRAR applies .rev extension to rarely used archives (recovery volumes, which can be later used to reconstruct missing files in volume set and only for very specific cases on top of that). So, in my case, because I'm not using such types of WinRAR archives, this solution was fine. best regards Tariel or drag file to Rev program (if I do, it opens Rev but Rev ignores file). The only way I can open the file is by ctrl-O and choosing from dlog... - and that's just oh-so-last-century... Do any of you Windows experts have any suggestions? Do I have a screwed up registry or something? Or just a screwed up Mac user? Help! Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Windows Dunce Question (probably OT)
Tariel - good suggestion, but no. Initially I thought it was something like that because the icons came up consistently with Adobe PDF icons. But I can change the file association to more or less any program using the file profile options. The problem here though is the fact that Windows refuses to let me associate the files with *Rev*. It lets me browse for for a program, but if I choose Rev it just ignores it. (I think I got Adobe PDF icons simply because Adobe begins with A so that was the first prog in the list!) :-( Driving me nuts, this one! Thanks for the suggestion, C On 22 Mar 2006, at 18:02, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote: On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Chris Carroll-Davis wrote: Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:12:37 + From: Chris Carroll-Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello folks. Question here from complete Windows dope. What am I doing wrong? I've installed Rev on PC to test and tweak stuff I've written on Mac. But... any .rev files I see have the wrong icon. Presumably the file association is wrong on my system. I have tried going to properties of file and choosing Revolution as the prog to open the file. But a) Rev isn't in the list... and b) if I then browse for Rev, the PC won't add Rev to the list or associate it with the file. Upshot is, I can't double-click file (without opening wrong program) Any chance this wrong program is WinRAR ? WinRAR uses the same file extension .rev as Revolution does and if it's installed prior to Revolution it would change Rev icons to it's own. My solution was to change .rev file association directly in registry. WinRAR applies .rev extension to rarely used archives (recovery volumes, which can be later used to reconstruct missing files in volume set and only for very specific cases on top of that). So, in my case, because I'm not using such types of WinRAR archives, this solution was fine. best regards Tariel or drag file to Rev program (if I do, it opens Rev but Rev ignores file). The only way I can open the file is by ctrl-O and choosing from dlog... - and that's just oh-so-last-century... Do any of you Windows experts have any suggestions? Do I have a screwed up registry or something? Or just a screwed up Mac user? Help! Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Windows Dunce Question (probably OT)
I have the exact same problem. I've had no luck fixing it so far. Chris Carroll-Davis wrote: Tariel - good suggestion, but no. Initially I thought it was something like that because the icons came up consistently with Adobe PDF icons. But I can change the file association to more or less any program using the file profile options. The problem here though is the fact that Windows refuses to let me associate the files with *Rev*. It lets me browse for for a program, but if I choose Rev it just ignores it. (I think I got Adobe PDF icons simply because Adobe begins with A so that was the first prog in the list!) :-( Driving me nuts, this one! Thanks for the suggestion, C On 22 Mar 2006, at 18:02, Tariel Gogoberidze wrote: On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Chris Carroll-Davis wrote: Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:12:37 + From: Chris Carroll-Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello folks. Question here from complete Windows dope. What am I doing wrong? I've installed Rev on PC to test and tweak stuff I've written on Mac. But... any .rev files I see have the wrong icon. Presumably the file association is wrong on my system. I have tried going to properties of file and choosing Revolution as the prog to open the file. But a) Rev isn't in the list... and b) if I then browse for Rev, the PC won't add Rev to the list or associate it with the file. Upshot is, I can't double-click file (without opening wrong program) Any chance this wrong program is WinRAR ? WinRAR uses the same file extension .rev as Revolution does and if it's installed prior to Revolution it would change Rev icons to it's own. My solution was to change .rev file association directly in registry. WinRAR applies .rev extension to rarely used archives (recovery volumes, which can be later used to reconstruct missing files in volume set and only for very specific cases on top of that). So, in my case, because I'm not using such types of WinRAR archives, this solution was fine. best regards Tariel or drag file to Rev program (if I do, it opens Rev but Rev ignores file). The only way I can open the file is by ctrl-O and choosing from dlog... - and that's just oh-so-last-century... Do any of you Windows experts have any suggestions? Do I have a screwed up registry or something? Or just a screwed up Mac user? Help! Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
