Ken Ray wrote:
On 11/16/05 7:03 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I doubleclicked on the plugin (has a .rev extension) and windows asked me
what application I wanted to use. Since rev was not in the list, I clicked
browse to go to the rev 2.6 folder and clicked on revolution.exe.
I then clicked open and then OK. Oooooops. Windows XP did not recognise
revolution.exe and set all the files with a .rev extension to firefox. :-(
I tried going to the individual properties and diong it that way but still
no luck. Windows does not recognise revolution as an app to associate
fieltypes with.
I can't help, but I can confirm this except that in my case, Windows
insists on using WinRAR to boot my .rev stacks. When I choose "Open
with..." I get a list that does not include Revolution, so I choose
Browse and go and find the Revolution.exe. After finding it, it still
doesn't appear in the list, so I can't select it and I can't tell
Windows to use it for all .rev files.
I assumed it was just me as I am not a Windows person, but maybe it is
Rev. Should I try re-installing? I uninstalled WinRAR but that didn't
help.
It's not Rev, it's WinRAR co-opting the '.rev' extension for its own use
(for "RAR Recovery Volume"). Apparently uninstalling WinRAR doesn't remove
the extension adjustment that was put into the Registry by the WinRAR
installer.
To fix this, you'll need to go into RegEdit, into HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)
and hunt down the ".rev" key. Clicking on it will show that the default
value for the .rev key is "WinRAR.REV", which in turn points to the
WinRAR.REV key in HKCR. Opening that, and expanding "shell", then "open",
then "command", you'll see that the default value is the path that points to
the WinRAR executable.
You should be able to do this without editing the registry directly.
menu Tools / Folder Options .... / File Types
Select the extension "rev"
If there is an "Advanced" button, click it and make adjustments
If there isn't, there should instead be a "Restore" button, click it -
hopefully you then get an Advanced button and can make adjustments. If
not, delete the extension from the list of known extensions, and re-add
it properly.
If there isn't a "Restore" button - just delete the rev extension, and
add it again.
(I think the most likely case if WinRAR has taken over the extension is
that you'll need to "Restore", but will then get your Advanced button
back - but it's been a while since I had to do this, and I may be
misremembering).
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