NWC won't open files found in my downloads folder. When I click on an *.nwc file, NWC starts but there is no file appearing in the work area. The same thing happens when I open NWC first, choose open and navigate there.
Any ideas as to what happened? TIA
Corrupted downloads?
I copied two from my downloads directory to a folder I already have set up for NWC files and one of them opened.
No problem!
From the "Download" folder NWC files open regularly.
Happy Sunday to you.
Lorenzo
The one that opened, I assume you tested it specifically from the downloads folder too just in case it's OK in that location?
OTOH, given how m$ have screwed with the file system, you haven't lost some kind of rights to the location/files?
It seems NWC will open a file if I open NWC, choose File ->Open, navigate to my Downloads, and click on the file. However, if I get to it using the file system or the browser's look at recent downloads, double-clicking on it would open NWC but not a work area for the file--just a big grey area under the toolbars.
Something to do with the file system associations in the registry? Perhaps the wrong/corrupted directive?
Check this registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\NWC2.EXE\shell\open\command
It should contain the following:
| Name | Type | Data |
| (default) | REG_SZ | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Noteworthy Software\NoteWorthy Composer 2\nwc2.exe" "%1" |
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I'm thinking the "%1" at the end of the Data section would be the likely culprit. Either missing or incorrect.
There's probably an easy way to fix associations from NWC, I just don't know what it is. Perhaps re-run the installer?
I ran regedit and my entry for that looks just like yours.
Thanks for looking at it though.
Is there an override somewhere in HKEY_CURRENT_USER perhaps?
Just sent this to Beth at NoteWorthy support:
I've tried a number of websites, including scriptorium, however I've noticed other things: If I search through my file structure for something on my PC, it opens NWC but does not open the file. When my browser opens my downloads, the same thing happens. When I open NWC, choose file open and search for a file, it opens. I get the same behavior if I change browsers.
Think I discovered a big clue: If NWC is already open, NWC opens it. The workaround appears to be to double click on the downloaded NWC file to open NWC and double click on it a 2nd time to open it in NWC.
It's also worth trying re-installing the viewer since the viewer makes a number of changes because of deciding where to send a clicked file .
It's worth a shot even if you do not use the viewer. Doing this has cured problems for me before.
Rich.
Good call Rich, I'd forgotten about that.