Unfortunately, I use Sage ACT - a contact management system - which also uses .adf files as its filetype. I've tried to change the file association in Win7, but have been struggling to achieve this. can anyone describe how I would go about associating .adf files with ARIS Express? I guess it's harder because ARIS is not an .exe file, but maybe I'm just not understanding enough.
Andy
Dear Andy,
the file association for ARIS Express is done during its setup.
If it's overwritten you can get it back manually but editing via Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
Here are the values I took from my Windows 7 registry:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.adf] @="classadf1" "Content type"="x-application/adf" ----- [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1] @="ARIS Document File" "Generated By"="Generated By Java-Association" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Users\\y472\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\cache\\6.0\\33\\671ecf21-52b068d8" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\shell\open] @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Java\\\\jre6\\bin\\javaws.exe\" \"-open\" \"%1\" \"C:\\Users\\y472\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\cache\\6.0\\45\\72b5016d-31766ff7\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\shell\print] @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1\shell\print\command] @="\"C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Java\\\\jre6\\bin\\javaws.exe\" \"-print\" \"%1\" \"C:\\Users\\y472\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\cache\\6.0\\45\\72b5016d-31766ff7\"" Please note that the above link to the Java cache does NOT apply on your machine. You need to replace in the section "C:\Users...72b5016d-31766ff7\" with the value given in your shortcut of ARIS Express. Click Start/All Programs/ARIS Express and open the properties of the shortcut "ARIS Express 2.3". Copy the latter part pointing to the Java cache. Cheers
Hi,
I think it is a lot easier to user standard windows functionality instead of editing the registry by hand.
Just open the property dialog of an adf, and, in Windows 7, on the "general page" you can change the assignment to the JRE easily:
Bye,
Frank
Returning to this after a lapse: First point is that my ARIS Express is running fine - I can open the application, then open existing diagrams or create new. What I've been trying to do is get to the point where I can double click the ARIS file to open it.
Thanks to Rune and Frank, HOWEVER...!
Rune: In my Win7 registry I have the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.adf key, but nothing starting with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\classadf1. Any thoughts?
Frank: When I finally found the Java(TM) Platform SE binary to associate with the file type (it wasn't immediately presented as an option) and tried to select it, it ran something which brought up a brief command window - which presumably showed an error message (it only flashed up for a second) - and I didn't get any further.
Many thanks for any further light you can shed on things....
Andy