Windows 7 - problems launching default application

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Published on 2009-09-14T13:08:34Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 21:53 UTC
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Just built up a new W7 PC. I've noticed some strange issues with launching default applications.

I've got Visual Studio & SQL Server Management Studio set run as administrator when launched.

If i double click a .sql file SSMS opens ok but the file itself does not get loaded.

If I do the same with a .sln then I get nothing at all from Visual Studio.

For the latter I presume the UAC prompt is hidden somewhere waiting for me to say it's ok to launch the app but i've no idea what's happening with SSMS.

Is this a W7 bug or are there some settings somewhere that I can tweak to improve this behaviour?

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