Re: [MiKTeX] MikTeX 2.9: Problem with opening texify

[Clare D. <cde...@ca...>]

> I haven't got MiKTeX 2.9 on a Windows XP machine to try it directly, but 
it sounds as though the registry is possibly a bit mangled (if it is, then 
what you're seeing is > a bug in Explorer in Windows XP). Many questions 
follow:

> 1. Can you add any other programs (apart from texify) to the Open With 
list?
Yes, I can even open files in the same folder.

> 2. Does the list of "Other Programs" have an usually large (> 30) of 
entries?
No, < 20.

> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=415193&seqNum=6 contains 
a very detailed explanation of how Open With works. If you're happy 
looking around the Windows 
> Registry, what values (if any) do you have under:

> 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.tex\OpenWithList
>                (one of the items listed should be texify.exe)
Yes, it is listed

> 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.tex\OpenWithProgids

(Default)               REG_SZ  (value not set)
tex_auto_file   REG_NONE        (zero-length binary value)

> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tex
>                (most especially the PerceivedType value which should be 
"text" and the (Default) which should be texfile)

(Default)               REG_SZ  (tex_auto_file)

> If it exists, does the (Default) value for:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\texify.exe\shell\open\command
>
> point to the correct path for texify?

Aha! No, the file path here is still the old one (Program Files/MikTeX 2.7 
...) and that folder no longer exists since I've deleted MiKTeX 2.7 from 
my computer.
Is this the problem? Do I need to edit this in the Registry directly?


Thank you so much for this!
Clare