.blend files are not associate with blender #45266

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Patrizio Melis · 2015-07-02T01:11:07+02:00

Patrizio Melis commented

2015-07-02 01:11:07 +02:00

System Information

WIndows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

Nvidia GEFORCE 610M - 1 GB

Blender Version

2.75

Short description of error

Just installed 2.75 version on WIN 7 x64 (usually I uninstall the previous version) Right now I have to associate the .blend files in the register editor with Blender otherwise blend files are not recognized. The blend preview into file manager (Explorer) is unavailable also...

**System Information** WIndows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Nvidia GEFORCE 610M - 1 GB **Blender Version** 2.75 **Short description of error** Just installed 2.75 version on WIN 7 x64 (usually I uninstall the previous version) Right now I have to associate the .blend files in the register editor with Blender otherwise blend files are not recognized. The blend preview into file manager (Explorer) is unavailable also...

Patrizio Melis commented

2015-07-02 01:11:07 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Patrizio Melis commented

2015-07-02 01:11:07 +02:00

Added subscriber: @cobe571

Julian Eisel commented

2015-07-02 03:16:38 +02:00

Added subscribers: @MartijnBerger, @JulianEisel

Julian Eisel commented

2015-07-02 03:16:38 +02:00

Hey @cobe571, afaik this isn't really an issue on blenders side, windows has to be configured to know which program and which version to use.

However, leaving open for now to get @MartijnBerger's feedback on this as there were some changes made to the windows installer.

Hey @cobe571, afaik this isn't really an issue on blenders side, windows has to be configured to know which program and which version to use. However, leaving open for now to get @MartijnBerger's feedback on this as there were some changes made to the windows installer.

perfection cat commented

2015-07-02 04:08:14 +02:00

Added subscriber: @sindra1961

perfection cat commented

2015-07-02 04:08:14 +02:00

Is there not the possibility that an installer cannot update registry?

Sergey Sharybin commented

2015-07-02 08:34:55 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Sergey

Martijn Berger was assigned by Sergey Sharybin

2015-07-02 08:34:55 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2015-07-02 08:34:55 +02:00

NSIS installer was running blender.exe -r in order to make needed changes in the registry. Not sure if same functionality was ported to .msi installer.

Meanwhile you can invoke that command manually from the terminal as a temp workaround.

NSIS installer was running `blender.exe -r` in order to make needed changes in the registry. Not sure if same functionality was ported to .msi installer. Meanwhile you can invoke that command manually from the terminal as a temp workaround.

Alexandre Chevrier commented

2015-07-02 15:48:46 +02:00

Added subscriber: @chevriera

Alexandre Chevrier commented

2015-07-02 15:48:46 +02:00

same problem with msi...
I used yours instead of creating one and I found out that file association is not done. Would be great if it was done or at least to have an option to do it with a property or something using orca.

Thanks for the msi version by the way !

same problem with msi... I used yours instead of creating one and I found out that file association is not done. Would be great if it was done or at least to have an option to do it with a property or something using orca. Thanks for the msi version by the way !

Patrizio Melis commented

2015-07-02 22:09:30 +02:00

I noticed the new installer give us a .msi instead the .exe... For what I remember the "old installer" at the begin of setup installation gave us the possibility to associate .blend files with blender.exe - Just re-add this functionality at the begin of installation, also re-add the possibility to choice to keep our personal addons and configuration files in the installation folder. Same way re-add the blend-preview into the file-manager, that's really useful. I know everything will be resolved really soon. I'm sure of that. Thanks again devs for this new awesome release.

Balazs Oszvald commented

2015-07-07 07:51:28 +02:00

Added subscriber: @poison

Balazs Oszvald commented

2015-07-07 07:51:28 +02:00

I had the same problem (Blender 2.75 MSI install, Windows 7 64bit).
I used "blender -r" command (run a command prompt, navigate into the application folder and give this command)
It shows that registry was successfully updated, but still nothing happens. You should manually set in the explorer, that blender is the default application to open .blend files with (right click on a blend file, run with, choose application) Before "blender -r" blender doesn't show up as an option and which was worse I couldn't associate blender.exe from the program files folder either.

I had the same problem (Blender 2.75 MSI install, Windows 7 64bit). I used "blender -r" command (run a command prompt, navigate into the application folder and give this command) It shows that registry was successfully updated, but still nothing happens. You should manually set in the explorer, that blender is the default application to open .blend files with (right click on a blend file, run with, choose application) Before "blender -r" blender doesn't show up as an option and which was worse I couldn't associate blender.exe from the program files folder either.

Martijn Berger commented

2015-07-07 17:48:43 +02:00

blender -r might need to be run with admin privileges.
Not sure if same functionality was ported to .msi installer. Ill add the option back.

blender -r might need to be run with admin privileges. *Not sure if same functionality was ported to .msi installer.* Ill add the option back.

Martijn Berger commented

2015-07-09 10:59:09 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Martijn Berger closed this issue

2015-07-09 10:59:09 +02:00

Martijn Berger commented

2015-07-09 10:59:09 +02:00

Fixed in 2.75a

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.blend files are not associate with blender #45266