Monday, August 30, 2010

Re: WIN7 Can not set vim 7.3 as default program

On Aug 30, 4:23 pm, "Steve Hall" <digit...@dancingpaper.com> wrote:
> From: jkerian, Mon, August 30, 2010 11:55 am
>
> > Steve Hall wrote:
> > > > I suppose some work with the NSIS installer config would allow
> > > > an option (default?) to registerVimduring install?
> [...]
> > I think you're misunderstanding the problem. At least for me, I
> > _cannot_ change the "Open With..." setting. GVim never appears on
> > that list, whereas it used to with earlier versions. Vim does not
> > appear on that list, even if I browse to gvim.exe and select it.
>
> That sounds like a problem with your OS or permissions, Windows should
> honor any request made through Browse ending in .exe.
>
> > At least for me, vim.exe works can be associated with files.
> > gvim.exe can not. I tried the registry change above, and that didn't
> > seem to help either.
>
> Hmm... maybe go through your registry, clean out all keys containing
> "vim73\vim.exe", and re-install?

I solved the issue, but the registry editing was not the prettiest:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cpp] : (Default) : gvim
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\gvim\shell\open\command] : (Default) : "C:\Program
Files\vim\vim73\gvim.exe" "%1"

Neither of these existed, but with both of them there, the various
filetypes are now associated. No idea why this was needed.

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