open with on windows does not work with rev. Heeeeeelp :-)

[Alex Tweedly]

Ken Ray wrote:

>On 11/16/05 7:03 PM, "Sarah Reichelt" <sarah.reichelt at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>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.
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>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.
>
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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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Alex Tweedly       http://www.tweedly.net

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