Double-clicking *.fm file in dir no longer opens file

[Klaus Daube]

On 28 Aug 2006 at 14:38, pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Hi Framers,
> 
> FrameMaker 7.0p576
> Windows XP Professional
> 
> I recently reinstalled FrameMaker, and now when I double-click a 
> FrameMaker file in the directory, instead of the file opening in FM, I 
> get a series of messages similar to the following.
> 
> Trying to open - c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online Help 
> VGA.fm
> 
> 1. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal
> 2. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Support
> 3. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Online
> 4. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\Help
> 5. Unable to find c:\RFI_RFP\Proposal Support Materials\VGA.fm
> 
> Can anyone tell me what's going on, and more importantly, how to fix 
> it?

Hello Pearl,

Most likely another recent installation superseded your FM 
definitions. The following should help:

- In Control Panel open the Folder Options 
- Select the tab File Types and wait until the list is built
- Scroll down to "fm Adobe FrameMaker Document"
- Delete this entry (yes, do it)
- Start FrameMaker in the command line with the option -reg, e.g.
  H:\Adobe\framemaker.72en\FrameMaker.exe -reg
- This will re-establish the entries in the Registry 

Good luck
Klaus
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