Forgot to add I am using Windows 7 64 bit.

"David"  wrote in message news:4f61ef41$1@news.povray.org...

I am not getting any file association with .pov files with both RC4 and RC5.
RC3 and earlier did this okay.
If I open a .pov file I get the windows pop-up asking me to pick a program
or search for one and have to do it manually.
I thought it was perhaps my windows installation causing this but maybe its
not?

"Chris Cason"  wrote in message news:4f59d1d0$1@news.povray.org...

Folks,

I would appreciate it if some of you could sanity-check the RC5
windows installer, which may be found here:

  http://www.povray.org/beta/povwin-3.7.RC5-setup.exe

Please advise if you have any installation issues.

-- Chris

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On 15/03/2012 1:31 PM, David wrote:
> I am not getting any file association with .pov files with both RC4 and
> RC5. RC3 and earlier did this okay.
> If I open a .pov file I get the windows pop-up asking me to pick a
> program or search for one and have to do it manually.
> I thought it was perhaps my windows installation causing this but maybe
> its not?

I am getting something similar. If I select a pov file and open it, it 
opens with notepad. (I think that I set this manually a while ago.) If I 
use "open with" I get the option of opening it with RC3 or ver 3.5.
I still have 3.5 in case I want to use Moray.
I cannot say what it did before as I hardly ever open pov files that way.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Mika L wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with registering .pov-files to the right POV-Ray application.
> > Namely, when I double-click on a .pov-file, it opens in the 32-bit POV-Ray
> > application (pvengine.exe).
>
> I now tried this too and found that in my case, the POV files
> were still associated with my 3.6 installation. Associating it
> with pvengine64.exe did not work, associating it with pvengine.exe
> worked but connect to the render command instead of open (???).
>
> The command under
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\povfile\shell\Open\command
>
> appeared to be correct. After deleting
>
>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pov\UserChoice
>
> everything worked fine (Windows 7 x64). So possibly Windows got confused
> with an earlier manual association, but the behavior was still strange.

In my computer the command under

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\povfile\shell\Open\command

points to the deleted folder of RC4 and I cannot modify that. The Modify-command
in regedit is greyed out.

-Mika

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Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Mika L wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with registering .pov-files to the right POV-Ray application.
> > Namely, when I double-click on a .pov-file, it opens in the 32-bit POV-Ray
> > application (pvengine.exe).
>
> I now tried this too and found that in my case, the POV files
> were still associated with my 3.6 installation. Associating it
> with pvengine64.exe did not work, associating it with pvengine.exe
> worked but connect to the render command instead of open (???).
>
> The command under
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\povfile\shell\Open\command
>
> appeared to be correct. After deleting
>
>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pov\UserChoice
>
> everything worked fine (Windows 7 x64). So possibly Windows got confused
> with an earlier manual association, but the behavior was still strange.

I fixed the path in the command under

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\povfile\shell\Open\command

but I cannot delete the entry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pov\UserChoice

I can edit this entry, but what should I write in it?

My computer also executes the Render command in pvengine.exe by double-clicking
on a .pov-file.

-Mika

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On 15-3-2012 15:44, Stephen wrote:
> On 15/03/2012 1:31 PM, David wrote:
>> I am not getting any file association with .pov files with both RC4 and
>> RC5. RC3 and earlier did this okay.
>> If I open a .pov file I get the windows pop-up asking me to pick a
>> program or search for one and have to do it manually.
>> I thought it was perhaps my windows installation causing this but maybe
>> its not?
>
> I am getting something similar. If I select a pov file and open it, it
> opens with notepad. (I think that I set this manually a while ago.) If I
> use "open with" I get the option of opening it with RC3 or ver 3.5.
> I still have 3.5 in case I want to use Moray.
> I cannot say what it did before as I hardly ever open pov files that way.
>
Same for me on Windows 7 x64. I had not tested this before because I 
never open pov files this way, but no program is recognized and has to 
be selected manually. I don't know how it was with older versions.

Thomas

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Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I would appreciate it if some of you could sanity-check the RC5
> windows installer, which may be found here:
>
>   http://www.povray.org/beta/povwin-3.7.RC5-setup.exe
>
> Please advise if you have any installation issues.
>
> -- Chris

I am running Win XP64, and I cannot install the RC5 version.  I have RC3
installed, and have had no issues.  I get the following error message:

The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occurred in the
application at location 0x00000000.

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On 17/03/2012 08:41, JC wrote:
> I am running Win XP64, and I cannot install the RC5 version.  I have RC3
> installed, and have had no issues.  I get the following error message:
> 
> The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occurred in the
> application at location 0x00000000.

Thanks for the report - we're aware of this issue but are having
difficulty in tracking down the cause. If you want to assist in
tracking it down by running some additional tests please drop me an
email directly.

-- Chris

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Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> On 17/03/2012 08:41, JC wrote:
> > I am running Win XP64, and I cannot install the RC5 version.  I have RC3
> > installed, and have had no issues.  I get the following error message:
> >
> > The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occurred in the
> > application at location 0x00000000.
>
> Thanks for the report - we're aware of this issue but are having
> difficulty in tracking down the cause. If you want to assist in
> tracking it down by running some additional tests please drop me an
> email directly.
>
> -- Chris

Chris, I don't see your email.  I will be glad to help out in any way I can.

John

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Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> On 17/03/2012 08:41, JC wrote:
> > I am running Win XP64, and I cannot install the RC5 version.  I have RC3
> > installed, and have had no issues.  I get the following error message:
> >
> > The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000005) occurred in the
> > application at location 0x00000000.
>
> Thanks for the report - we're aware of this issue but are having
> difficulty in tracking down the cause. If you want to assist in
> tracking it down by running some additional tests please drop me an
> email directly.
>
> -- Chris

Chris, I am still having this issue, and haven't received a reply from the email
you asked for.  Just an FYI, and not pushing.  Thanks.

John

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On 09/03/2012 9:47 AM, Chris Cason wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I would appreciate it if some of you could sanity-check the RC5
> windows installer, which may be found here:
>
>    http://www.povray.org/beta/povwin-3.7.RC5-setup.exe
>
> Please advise if you have any installation issues.
>

The last installation (RC5) did not automatically append standard 
locations in povray.ini

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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