E. Kaplan wrote:
My guess is that there is some subtle interaction between your
machine/software settings and the Lyx. I also have unexplained
difficulties with 1.6.2: it worked perfectly (altwininstaller complete)
on 3 windows machines
(Vista, XP pro), but on a fourth machine it does not launch properly
when I click on a Lyx file. Instead, it opens WinEdt (my Latex editor).
I tried to change the file associations for Lyx files, but it fails.
The odd thing is that if I launch Lyx by itself,
and load a Lyx file into it, all works fine. I have this problem only
on one Windows machine.
On a kubuntu (8.10) machine I have no problems with 1.6.2.
I realize that this is useless information for you, but perhaps someone
here will see what is going on
for either of us.
The Windows Registry is a rat's nest. I've seen something like this
happen once or twice. My best guess is that multiple registry keys
point to the document type, and the one you're fixing is not the one the
system is using when you double-click an icon.
About all I can suggest is to (a) run a registry cleaning utility and
(b) use an extension editing utility, rather than the menu built into
Windows Explorer, to change the extension. For the former, CCleaner is
a wonderful bit of freeware that cleans out temporary files that have
outlived their usefulness, and contains a registry editor. For the
latter, I can recommend WAssociate (also freeware).
HTH,
Paul
