Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
I've tried to assign various file types (JPG, PDF) to portable applications (IrfanView, PDF X-Change) without success. I'm running XP-SP3. Should I be able to do this, or is this capability only available for installed applications.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks for any help.
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Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
I'm able to associate filetypes with irfanview and pdf x-change just fine on WinXP SP3. How did you try to do it? irfanview can let you associate compatible image filetypes in its settings menu. PDF X-Change also has will let you register pdf filetype in its preference menu if you remove portable.dat file but that will force it to save its settings in the registry.
Otherwise you can manually associate by going through the 'open with' dialogue in win xp via right click menu. If that doesn't work then there must be something else that's wrong.
Otherwise you can manually associate by going through the 'open with' dialogue in win xp via right click menu. If that doesn't work then there must be something else that's wrong.
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Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
Following up with I am Baas suggestion, Coffee's entry is at http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1317
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
This site has an extensive list of extensions that can be used with Coffee >> http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/misc/
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
Thank you for your replies.
I just added IrfanView Portable and PDF X-Change Portable, then uninstalled IrfanView and PDF X-Change from my Program Files folder.
My JPGs open OK, but I can't get the PDF files associated with PDF X-Change Portable. Both the 'right click Open With' and the 'File Types' dialogues lead to the 'Open With' box and I select the PDF X-Change Portable exe file, but it will not appear in the 'Programs' section of this dialogue box. I went through all of the Preferences and could not find the place to register PDF files; can you tell me where this is?
Thanks again for your help.
I just added IrfanView Portable and PDF X-Change Portable, then uninstalled IrfanView and PDF X-Change from my Program Files folder.
My JPGs open OK, but I can't get the PDF files associated with PDF X-Change Portable. Both the 'right click Open With' and the 'File Types' dialogues lead to the 'Open With' box and I select the PDF X-Change Portable exe file, but it will not appear in the 'Programs' section of this dialogue box. I went through all of the Preferences and could not find the place to register PDF files; can you tell me where this is?
Thanks again for your help.
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Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
In the pdf x-change app folder there will be a portable.dat file. Deleting or renaming it will disable portable mode. The program will now save settings in the registry and a new option will appear preferences menu called 'File Associations'. You can put back portable.dat file after done and maybe delete 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tracker Software' in regedit if you want.
Try the coffee thing or use filetypesman http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1478
I don't get this. Did you forget to click the check box that says "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"? It should work because if it's not, you're either doing something wrong or windows is broken.Both the 'right click Open With' and the 'File Types' dialogues lead to the 'Open With' box and I select the PDF X-Change Portable exe file, but it will not appear in the 'Programs' section of this dialogue box.
Try the coffee thing or use filetypesman http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1478
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
I had the same problem with PDF X-Change some time ago.
You can use ExtMan to fix it. If the .pdf extension is still registered, just edit it to open with PDF X-Change. If not, you'll have to create the new file type and select the PDF viewer to open it.
You can use ExtMan to fix it. If the .pdf extension is still registered, just edit it to open with PDF X-Change. If not, you'll have to create the new file type and select the PDF viewer to open it.
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
I did have the check box for 'Always use...' checked, but since the utility could not return the PDF X-Change Portable version, it didn't work.
I used the filetypesman utility to do the association and got it to work.
Thanks to all for your great help.
I used the filetypesman utility to do the association and got it to work.
Thanks to all for your great help.
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
I've also used nirsofer's filetypesman, and it's very good --
and I also use this great portable gem from Ramesh Srinivasan, MSoft MVP - it's called OpenWithAdd :
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm
-- some friends have found this a lot easier to use/understand than Nirsoft's great utility
btw - this my 1st post, thanks so much for what I've gained so far from this great site -
faster, lighter, better computing - more joy!
and I also use this great portable gem from Ramesh Srinivasan, MSoft MVP - it's called OpenWithAdd :
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm
-- some friends have found this a lot easier to use/understand than Nirsoft's great utility
btw - this my 1st post, thanks so much for what I've gained so far from this great site -
faster, lighter, better computing - more joy!
Re: Assigning File Types to Portable Apps
Old thread update:
I use Coffee with some custom configs a few years back (as Baas mentioned above).
Some programs on the site that take a novel approach to file associations that lets you quickly turn associations on including XNViewMP (includes a program "Associate files with XnViewMP.exe" ) and XMind's much simpler Associate_XMind_File.bat. You can also use a file manager like MulitCommander that has it's own file associations.
Related threads:
I use Coffee with some custom configs a few years back (as Baas mentioned above).
Some programs on the site that take a novel approach to file associations that lets you quickly turn associations on including XNViewMP (includes a program "Associate files with XnViewMP.exe" ) and XMind's much simpler Associate_XMind_File.bat. You can also use a file manager like MulitCommander that has it's own file associations.
Related threads: