Am 28.09.2017 um 07:18 schrieb omniverse:

> I went into the registry editor to look around and found a curious thing, no
> ...pov listed among all the other file types. Although there is the .inc file type
> there, it says inc_auto_file within it, and once finding that particular item it
> has a pointer (shell, command, open) to "pvengine64.exe" "%1"

Normally, you should find something like the following (HKCR =
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, D:\POV-Ray = C:\Program Files\POV-Ray):

HKCR\.pov
    (default)       POV-Ray.Scene
    PerceivedType   text

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene
    (default)       POV-Ray scene source file

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene\DefaultIcon
    (default)       D:\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\POV-Ray.Scene-XP.ico

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene\shell\Open
    (default)       Edit in POV-Ray 3.7

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene\shell\Open\command
    (default)       "D:\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine64.exe" /edit "%1"

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene\shell\Render
    (default)       Render with POV-Ray 3.7

HKCR\POV-Ray.Scene\shell\Render\command
    (default)       "D:\POV-Ray\v3.7\bin\pvengine64.exe" /render "%1"

(typically along with one entry per key named "backup")


Besides that, you should also have the following keys, each with lots of
stuff in them (HKCU = Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER):

HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\Components
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit\Macro
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit\Older
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit\Open
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit\Recent
HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\Windows

If you don't see those keys, shout out loud.

You might also want to have a close look at the following entry:

HKCU\Software\POV-Ray\v3.7\POV-Edit
    InitialDir

That's where POV-Ray (more specifically, POV-Ray's editor DLL) seems to
get the initial directory for the "open file" dialog. If that registry
entry is broken, that might explain your symptoms.

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