Opening *.dmd Shortcuts Doesn't Work

[Dean]

Maybe this is unique to the machines that I use, but trying to open a shortcut to a ladder program doesn't work. The file extension is correctly associated with the Designer software, but I always get the "unsupported file extension" error. See attached.

[franji1]

We do not register our file extension with Windows.  Not sure how that association got set in the Properties, but as you saw, the Shell extensions of Windows does not actually recognize .dmd as being associated with Designer.

[Dean]

Thank you.I created the association in an attempt to get the function to work. I just wondered if I had done something incorrectly.

[Mike Nash]

For Windows XP, I put the following into the "open" action

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"C:\Do-more\Designer1_4\Bin\DmDesigner.exe" %1
Windows has always put the quotes around the whole line which doesn't work.

My problem is with DS5, Bosch Rexroth's DriveTop grabbed the PRJ extension and I have no advanced button anymore for the PRJ extension to change anything.

[plcnut]

I did some experimenting with this today. I am running Win 8.1 Pro, and am not given the option of editing the startup string like Mike Nash posted with Windows XP. I did find finally find the string buried in my registry though. If you open regedit, and then search for the following string:

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"C:\Do-more\Designer1_4\Bin\DmDesigner.exe" "%1"You can then edit the value to get rid of the Last 2 double quotes just like Mike posted, and DMD will then auto-launch

EDIT YOUR REGISTRY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ABunchOfMidgets]

This flawlessly worked for me! Thanks guys! 

[Controls Guy]

Sweet!  I've always wanted to be able to open project directly.  I'll definitely do this.

[Mike Nash]

Yes, yes I know this is an old thread.

But Windows 10 Anniversary Update appears to have totally removed the ability to fix the file association. The registry is just random letters now for the OpenWithProgids entries, such as AppX43hnxtbyyps62jhe9sqpdzxn1790zetc for a ".bmp" (seriously - cut and pasted it.)

Solutions posted on the web for prior Win10 releases won't work now and Creators Edition or whatever is just around the corner to break more stuff.

Maybe Host could take a look at this for us and give us an option to associate ".dmd" with DmD. It can be pretty irritating trying to find the project file I just tried to open from a shortcut folder. Obfuscation by Windows is getting pretty debilitating. Even the scroll bars are the wrong colors and no longer 3D.

Did anyone ever play Zork? Where the door you just came through takes you somewhere else entirely if you go back through? Settings menus in W10 is evil in this fashion.

[plcnut]

I know that this is going to vary some from pc to pc, but here is where the value is found in regedit on my Windows 10 Pro machine:

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Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2770548806-3738083691-2594133894-1001\Software\Classes\Applications\DmDesigner.exe\shell\open\command
The value that I have set to make the latest DMD release open is this:

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"C:\Do-more\Designer2_1\Bin\DmDesigner.exe" %1
Maybe this will help you.

[Mike Nash]

I know that this is going to vary some from pc to pc, but here is where the value is found in regedit on my Windows 10 Pro machine:

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Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2770548806-3738083691-2594133894-1001\Software\Classes\Applications\DmDesigner.exe\shell\open\command
The value that I have set to make the latest DMD release open is this:

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"C:\Do-more\Designer2_1\Bin\DmDesigner.exe" %1
Maybe this will help you.

My hero! I found and changed the one closest to your key location with no joy, but after searching and changing it 2 additional places it works! At least until the next Windows update.

I have told myself I WILL allow Windows 10 to update and I won't try to make it look and work too much like W98SE since nothing much web related works in XP anymore, but it is really not very lovable for my old eyes other than the web browsers "work" and videos play.

[Evilbeard]

Yes, yes I know this is an old thread.

But Windows 10 Anniversary Update appears to have totally removed the ability to fix the file association. The registry is just random letters now for the OpenWithProgids entries, such as AppX43hnxtbyyps62jhe9sqpdzxn1790zetc for a ".bmp" (seriously - cut and pasted it.)

Solutions posted on the web for prior Win10 releases won't work now and Creators Edition or whatever is just around the corner to break more stuff.

Maybe Host could take a look at this for us and give us an option to associate ".dmd" with DmD. It can be pretty irritating trying to find the project file I just tried to open from a shortcut folder. Obfuscation by Windows is getting pretty debilitating. Even the scroll bars are the wrong colors and no longer 3D.

Did anyone ever play Zork? Where the door you just came through takes you somewhere else entirely if you go back through? Settings menus in W10 is evil in this fashion.

Be on the on the lookout for Grues!

[ADC Product Engineer]

You open the mailbox.  A Grue eats you.  You are dead.

You awaken at a crossroads.
What would you like to do?

[Evilbeard]

You open the mailbox.  A Grue eats you.  You are dead.

You awaken at a crossroads.
What would you like to do?

Look North.

[ADC Product Engineer]

You open the mailbox.  A Grue eats you.  You are dead.

You awaken at a crossroads.
What would you like to do?

Look North.

Infocom made great games back then.

[Evilbeard]

I played it as a kid on my very first computer. I had it on 5.25 Floppy. My computer was pretty BA back then. DUAL 5.25" floppy disks and 512KB RAM. Monochrome Amber monitor and a daisywheel printer. We even had a 14.4k modem (that you actually had to set the phone on!) *sigh* The good ole days.

On topic, I just searched for DMDesigner.exe in the registry, and took out the quotation marks, and it works great in Windows 10 Enterprise. It had two instances I had to edit.