file association

[Scottie]

So I upgraded to PBP3 and my computer refuses to recognise files with .pbp extension to the start the codestudioplus.exe program. The Program runs just fine, just the files with .pbp will not associate and start codestudio Using windows 7 pro

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mecanique\MCSPX\codestudioplus.exe

[SteveB]

I had a similar problem. I believe it is a conflict/mix-up in the registry between the pre PBP3 code studio and the post PBP3 code studio.

Here is what I did:
Uninstalled all versions of the code studio.
Ran regedit and searched for terms such as codestudio.exe, pbp.
Deleted registry entries related to these installations.
Reinstalled the PBP3 version of code studio.

That cleared up the mix-up.

You can really mess things up fiddling with the registry, so I don't recommend you take this route unless you are confident with what you are doing.
However, if you do this, please BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY!

[Darrel Taylor]

Find a .PBP file in Windows Explorer.
Right-Click it and choose "Open With" then "Choose default program ...".
MicroCode might be in the list, or click "Browse" to navigate to the MicroCode Studio executable.

It's usually located in c:\Program Files\mecanique\MCS
On 64-bit systems it's c:\Program Files (x86)\mecanique\MCS

For MicroCode Studio PLUS, it's MCSP instead of MCS.
For PBP3, it's MCSX or MCSPX.

Insure that "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is checked and press OK.

[SteveB]

Darrel,
What I found with my situation is even after explicitly choosing the default program, windows was 'confused' about which 'codestudio.exe' it should use in the \mecanique\ folder.

So that drove me into the registry were I found the conflicting values.

I guess I should have made that clear first. :._shame: