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1.92

Changes to file associations in options don't save after clicking OK. I uncheck .max files in options but it remains checked after clicking OK. Any way to fix this?

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ghost zero wrote:1.92

Changes to file associations in options don't save after clicking OK. I uncheck .max files in options but it remains checked after clicking OK. Any way to fix this?

You have the problem with other extension too?

it seems to only happen to the max file type...

this bug still happens in 1.93.1

still happens in 1.93.4

ghostzero, I've just downloaded the format plugin "Compound" for 3ds support. After installing the plug-in I still couldn't find the .max file extension in the options(?) at all. Which options do you mean? Which plug-in is needed? Which steps do you exactly perform to produce the problem?

(As you know Pierre can only fix problems that he can reproduce, and I guess that until now he doesn't "see" the problem. So more details are needed.)

i have 3ds max 2009 installed so the .max extension shows up in the list. everytime i uncheck it and click 'ok', it remains checked after i reopen options. any way to fix it?

ghost zero wrote:... i have 3ds max 2009 installed so the .max extension shows up in the list. everytime i uncheck it and click 'ok', it remains checked after i reopen options. any way to fix it?

Thanks for explaining in more detail, ghost zero. I haven't 3ds max installed so that's probably the reason why ".max" doesn't show up in the options.

It's strange that just this one setting ".max" is reset every time. Where are your XnView options saved (.ini or Windows registry)? Could you search your registry for "max" and see whether there is an old entry created by XnView? (Just guessing here).

i have the settings saved in the ini. here's the .max file association in windows xp -- it's set to open in the actual program and not xnview.

ghost zero wrote:i have the settings saved in the ini. here's the .max file association in windows xp -- it's set to open in the actual program and not xnview.

O.k. Are there other Windows registry entries with "max"? (Perhaps the XnView settings have been saved once in the registry (while doing tests) and XnView reads those old values (really just guessing).

@Pierre:
Any other ideas what ghost zero could try?

ok here are my search results. the search was started from the top level of the folder structure...

ghost zero wrote:... ok here are my search results. the search was started from the top level of the folder structure...

Hmm, not quite what I was looking for. I would have expected a key written by XnView, e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XnView\.... Obviously an old setting is not the reason for your problem.

so is this a bug in the xnview file associations feature?

ghost zero wrote:so is this a bug in the xnview file associations feature?

Perhaps. I think Pierre is the person to help here further.

still happens in 1.95.4. can this be fixed?