Windows XP "Open With" problem

After recently downloading the SVN version of BMax I would now like it to be opened when I click on a .BMX file. This seems to be a little trickier than I thought.

If I right click on the .BMX file and look in the "Opens With" list the newly downloaded SVN version of the IDE is not there. If I manually find the file myself and select it it still does not get added to the list so I cannot set it as the default program to open my .BMX files with.

I get a feeling that I have to edit the registry to associate .BMX files with the SVN IDE but I`m not sure how to. Is this what I need to do?

Any help or advice would be most appreciated. Ideally I would like to only have one version of BMax installed, the SVN one, but if I uninstall the original I still have the same problem.

Jason.

Does this work?:

Right-Click BMX file
Choose Properties
Click the [Change] button
Select alternative IDE

No, sadly it`s the same problem. It is not listed and cannot be added to the list even if I locate the file manually :(

Jason.

Right click, Open With.
Choose Program.
Check the box "Always use this program."

Nope, tried that to. SVN version do not appear in the list (Normal version does however, I assume because that`s been installed via a proper installer.)

Does anyone else have the SVN version opening their files by double clicking the .BMX files? If so how did you get it to work?

Jason.

Find the one of the type of file you want to open.
Hold down right shift.
Click on Open With.
Click browse.
Browse to program executeable.
Tick "Always use this program".
Press Open

Darkheart

Still no luck :(

Jason.

Have you tried>>> Tools >>> Folder Options >>> File types

and setting an association in there?

Open Windows Explorer through any means (Start -> Run -> explorer.exe or even just WINDOWS_KEY + E if you don't have any other file manager as the default)

Tools menu

Folder Options

File Types tab

Scroll down the list until you find the file type you're looking for - in your case, BMX. Select it with the left mouse button.

Click the button labelled Advanced

You should see a list of Actions:. Select open with the left mouse button.

Click the button labelled Edit

Under Application used to perform action:, change the program used (including full path) to be what you need it to be. Be sure to wrap it in quote marks (ie "). It should be followed by "%1" (including quotes), which indicates the filename of the BMX file you'll be double-clicking to open. For example, to get IDEal to open my .bb files, mine has "C:\Program Files\IDEal\IDEal.exe" "%1"

Click the button labelled OK, then OK again, then Close.

Live la vida loca.


(...which is what Ross said as I was typing this beast out. Bastage!)

Thanks, that seemed to work :) Cheers guys for all of the help, much appreciated.

Jason.