HOW DO I MAKE editor2_UC.exe my default text editing program in Vista?
I have editor2 Version 2.9.0.3 Unicode
it is located here:
C:\Program Files\zabkat\xplorer2
When I try to change the default program for opening text files, Vista does not recognize editor2_UC.exe as a valid program. It DOES recognize an older version of e2! (2.5)
What should I do?
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
THANK YOU!
MAKE editor2_UC my default text editing program in Vista
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I said I COULD make a previous version of editor2 the default text tool, but I was wrong. When I choose it and come back to the confirm screen, it is not there, either. If there are instructions somewhere THAT WORK as to how to make editor2 the default text editor, someone please take me there. Thank you.
Yes, of course. That is ONE of the ways to associate programs. What I unsuccessfully was trying to tell you was that that DOESN'T WORK. When I "right click on any text file, then pick open with then locate somehow editor2 (by browsing)," THERE IS NO TICK BOX. (" then tick the box somewhere that says "use this program always to open text files"")
screenshot (totally unnecessary, I know) http://acetaweb.com/temp/ItsNotThere.jpg
any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
I've been using xplorer2 for several years now and am totally happy. (WAS).
All the times I've reformatted my hard disk everything has worked fine. This week I reformatted my drive and when I re-installed xplorer2, I inadvertently clicked the option to replace windows explorer. I cannot recall if editor2 was an "option" for me then, but I uninstalled xplorer2 and since then editor2 HAS NOT SHOWN UP as a tick box after selecting it in the Program Files directory.
screenshot (totally unnecessary, I know) http://acetaweb.com/temp/ItsNotThere.jpg
any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
I've been using xplorer2 for several years now and am totally happy. (WAS).
All the times I've reformatted my hard disk everything has worked fine. This week I reformatted my drive and when I re-installed xplorer2, I inadvertently clicked the option to replace windows explorer. I cannot recall if editor2 was an "option" for me then, but I uninstalled xplorer2 and since then editor2 HAS NOT SHOWN UP as a tick box after selecting it in the Program Files directory.
naturally, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling xplorer2 several times, removing all registry information, but something is still keeping it from appearing. I've gone to Zone alarms and given editor2 full rights and privileges accross the board. Still invisible upon return to the choice screen.
It means exactly what it says in English when you are at that point with a Windows operation. It gives you a click box to choose to use one of the available programs always for that particular file type. But editor2 never shows up as an option. I see that I said something very confusing in the previous post. I said the click box wasnt' there. It is. But what is NOT there is editor2 as an option. Even though I clicked on it and chose it by searching for it and finding it in Program Files directory, it doesn't show up when I get to this screen.
screen shot of the procedure
Here is a pdf file with the screen shots of the two steps I take.
1) find the executable file
2) see an identical screen as before, with no way to choose editor2
http://www.acetaweb.com/temp/ItsNotThere.pdf
1) find the executable file
2) see an identical screen as before, with no way to choose editor2
http://www.acetaweb.com/temp/ItsNotThere.pdf
good try
good try. I was not aware of that little arrow. but alas! nothing.
http://www.acetaweb.com/temp/others.pdf
From there I went to "examine" to find again the editor executable file, and when I came back and clicked the little arrow again, I saw what you see in the screen shots in the above link.
http://www.acetaweb.com/temp/others.pdf
From there I went to "examine" to find again the editor executable file, and when I came back and clicked the little arrow again, I saw what you see in the screen shots in the above link.
Suffering along with all the usual pathetic platitudes about chickens coming home to roost, reaping what you sow, no good deed goes unpunished, there but for the grace of God, and all things come to he who waits...
...while attempting to associate VLC player with ISO files (don't ask) I ran directly into the same problem as this thread attempted to address... for some infuriating reason Windows simply refuses to add a specifically selected executable to the Open-With dialogue.
The solution, thankfully, is provided by a small utility called OpenWithAdd, which simply registers any application to the Open-With programme list, and - as they say - Bob's your uncle.
You still may need to "click the small arrow" to find it, but the newly registered programme will appear somewhere in that list.
Works for XP, Vista, and x64 flavours.
It's always fun when Windows reduces grown men to tears. We punch things like children, proving, after all, that we're not all that grown up in the first place. I would posit that's a good thing, because all responsible adults are boring old stick-in-the-mud's who could use the animalistic freedom of a good pugilistic display anyway.
Ergo, Windows is Good.
See? You can prove anything with syllogistic logic, hence why it's a flawed form of reasoning.
I'm going to go punch S. I. Hayakawa, as you do.
...while attempting to associate VLC player with ISO files (don't ask) I ran directly into the same problem as this thread attempted to address... for some infuriating reason Windows simply refuses to add a specifically selected executable to the Open-With dialogue.
The solution, thankfully, is provided by a small utility called OpenWithAdd, which simply registers any application to the Open-With programme list, and - as they say - Bob's your uncle.
You still may need to "click the small arrow" to find it, but the newly registered programme will appear somewhere in that list.
Works for XP, Vista, and x64 flavours.
It's always fun when Windows reduces grown men to tears. We punch things like children, proving, after all, that we're not all that grown up in the first place. I would posit that's a good thing, because all responsible adults are boring old stick-in-the-mud's who could use the animalistic freedom of a good pugilistic display anyway.
Ergo, Windows is Good.
See? You can prove anything with syllogistic logic, hence why it's a flawed form of reasoning.
I'm going to go punch S. I. Hayakawa, as you do.
THANK YOU!
Good goin'! WORKS. 
How absolutely fabulous to have my familiar editor2 back in operation! :D
Thank you thank you thank you. I don't know WHO you are, but I wish you God's very best for you, there in Ireland and wherever else in the world life may take you! zabkathappyuser (a) gmail com.
How absolutely fabulous to have my familiar editor2 back in operation! :D
Thank you thank you thank you. I don't know WHO you are, but I wish you God's very best for you, there in Ireland and wherever else in the world life may take you! zabkathappyuser (a) gmail com.