Why can't I open file with doubleklick after I moved the application that opens it on windows?
- by Glen S. Dalton
I am on windows server 2003, but I guess it is the same on windows xp.
I moved some movable applications (usually people create them for usb sticks) to locations like c:\bin\app1\app1.exe. The old location was c:\programs\app1\app1.exe
app1.exe can open files of type *.ap1
When I rightclick file.ap1 and choose open with ... the Open with dialog appears. But it is not working how I expect in this situation. I can choose c:\bin\app1\app1.exe with the "Browse" button, but:
app1.exe will not appear in the dialog where I just choosed it in the programs list, like I am used to it after clicking OK on it in the browse dialog.
app1.exe will not open it when I click ok in the "Open with" dialog, the application that was assigned until then will still open it
What could be the reason?
my account is member of the administrators group
I just changed the permissions of the folder c:\bin\app1\ and made sure that the group "Administrators" has all rights. I also inherited this manually to all subfodlers and subfiles.
I also tried to move the application (with the whole folder) to "c:\program files\app1\app1.exe
