Weird registry keys
August 9, 2016 12:00 AM
Somehow on my PC, .awt files have become associated with Adobe Acrobat instead of Lectora. The files show the PDF icon and everything -- which of course makes them impossible to open from a My Computer window. (They open fine if I navigate to them in Lectora, but this is less convenient.)
I know how to change file type associations, but it doesn't work; Windows does not seem to believe that Lectora.exe can open .awt files.
I searched the registry and found HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.awt with data of awt_auto_file. I also found HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\awt_auto_file with empty data, and I suspect these two keys may be contributing to my problem.
If you can double-click a .awt file in a My Computer window to open it in Lectora, would you please check the values of those two keys in the registry and let me know?
Discussion (3)
It sounds like there was a disconnect during the update process. If updating the keys doesn't work you might want to try unistalling and reinstalling or having Support take a look.
@Sergey, there it is! Thank you very much.
I seriously doubt this will happen to anybody else, but just in case, here's what I did:
- Changed the data for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.awt to Lectora.Title.
- Rebooted.
- Went to Start undefined Associate a file type or protocol with a program.
- Clicked .awt in the list.
- Clicked Change Program. This time, Windows knew that Lectora could open this type of file and offered it to me as a choice.
- Clicked Lectora.
- Clicked OK.
- Clicked Close. Problem solved: .awt files show a Lectora icon in My Computer windows, and I can double-click to open them in Lectora.
Thank you very much!
I don't see entries HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.awt and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\awt_auto_file in my Registry.
UPD. Ok, I looked under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.awt that pointed to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Lectora.Title entry - I have exported it and attached to this post.
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