For what it's worth, the commercial R6 product provides you with the option
of overriding the file types.
-E
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 8:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Major CW R6 irritation
>
>
>
> You don't have to go edit the registry. Just open Explorer and select
> View-->Folder Options and set the file associations for whichever
> files you like.
>
> > > I just noticed, after installing CW R6 (Lite, actually), that
> CW has now
> > > associated itself -- without asking! -- with all my C source
> files. That is,
> > > its icon is now next to all my source files and it is the app
> that will open
> > > if I dbl-click on a .c, .h, .cpp, etc. file. This is a major
> irritation for
> > > me when a product does this. For one thing, I use Premia's
> CodeWright as my
> > > general program editor and had it as the default app for all
> source files.
> > > Plus, I also use MS VC++ for Windows-based development. In
> other words, I
> > > did not want CodeWarrior "taking over" my source files in
> this way. And it
> > > is a major pain to change things back. This should be an
> install option!
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, I've also found this same problem with
> many types of
> > > graphic utility programs -- whenever you install them, they
> go and associate
> > > themselves with your .jpg and .gif files, etc.
> > >
> > > Doug Gordon
> > >
> > You can set the association back by editing the registry. As I am using
> > Window now, I cannot tell you under which key. But I suspect it is the
> > local machine/software portion. You should be able to locate
> entry such as
> > "cpp", "c" etc and change the value to the path to the
> application you want
> > to open the file with.
> >
> >
>
>
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