I had this same problem after installing Vim 6.4 and I finally found
a way to fix it, but now that 7.0 has done it again, I cannot
remember how I did it...
Prior to Vim 6.4 Vim was always listed in the Open With... dialog so
that I could change file associations. I don't know if this is
standard MS shenanigans, but I no longer can change it. I am a Foxpro
2.6 for UNIX programmer and prefer to use Vim for my editing (who
doesn't?). When I go to Tools->Folder Options->File Types, locate
.PRG and try to change the preferred program to auto-open this type
of file VIM is not listed and if I go to Change->Open With->Browse
and select vim\vim70\gvim.exe it STILL does not show up. WinXP
INSISTS on opening .PRG files with Foxpro 8. I CANNOT CHANGE IT!
While I am on the subject and have your ears... I had a HIGHLY
modified foxpro.syn prior to vim 6.4 but 6.4's installer REMOVED it
and I have been unable to find any backups of it... I had Foxpro
Codebook highlighting for variable names (i.e. gcMyVarName,
lnLocalNumeric, etc), CORRECT highlighting for comments (the default
foxpro.syn ONLY highlights a comment correctly if the FIRST character
on the line is * and fails if it is indented or && is used to append
a comment to the end of a line), complete function highlighting for
ALL Foxpro 2.6 functions, and considerably improved colors for all
highlighting. I had sent my updated files to the file maintainer for
foxpro.syn but never heard from him. I did all this years ago and it
took months of trial and error for me to work out the regexp
modifications. If ANYONE out there that is better at regexp than I am
(that would not be hard to find) cares to help me re-create my
improved foxpro.syn I would be eternally grateful. Of course I would
re-submit it to vim.org for inclusion in future releases.
I thank you all in advance for any assistance you can give me.
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