fp7 cannot be associated with fm10

[vi]

I recently upgraded to FM10 advanced. Ever since de-installing FM9, my .fp7 files are no longer associated with FM - Vista suggests they are Adobe Acrobat files - I tried to manually change the association, but it does not change. I browse and point it to the file maker exe, but once I OK out of it, it goes right back to Adobe.

Has this happened to anybody else? Or does anybody know a solution?

thanks

[LaRetta]

One idea ...

You must re-specify your association. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options. Select File Types tab and scroll down until you find fp7. Select 'change' and respecify FileMaker as recommended program.

UPDATE: I am not certified on Visa and do not have it to check so this is how I would re-specify an extension for any other Windows OS. I hope it does the trick for you. :wink2:

Edited March 13, 2009 by Guest

[krmullins]

In Vista, when you right click on the file and choose properties and then on the General Tab do you see the "Opens with" section? What is there? And then when you click the button can you find Filemaker? What happens when you select it and close?

If it doesn't stick when you go back in to view properties does it change the association listed there?

Kevin

[vi]

Thanks, but that is exactly what I tried. It does not "stick", neither through the right-click, nor through the control panel 'default programs' option. FM does not show up when you expand the 'other programs' tab - I can click the browse button and find it in the programs folder, but as I said, when i click on it and OK out of everything it reverts back to Adobe, as if i had never done anything. I can assign pretty much any association to them, Notepad, Word, etc., just not FM.

[mr_vodka]

Strange issues but if all else fails, try reinstalling FM. I would guess that you installed FM10 and then took off FM9.