"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> "Darats" <damien___@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:web.4ac12a36a3ae398e98b5d1e80@news.povray.org...
> > "Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> >> "Darats" <damien___@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I've a problem with the auto-render feature, I disabled it but every
> >> > time I
> >> > double-click on a pov-ray file, it just opens pov-ray and still start
> >> > rendering.
> >> > I would like to open every file just into the Editor and be able to
> >> > start the
> >> > rendering only manually.
> >> >
> >> > I've checked and the Autorender is 0 (off).
> >> >
> >> > Could you please help me ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a lot.
> >>
> >> The Auto-Render setting under the Render file menu is for the File Queue
> >> (see
> >> 1.5.7.6 in the docs)
> >>
> >> Assuming you are using windows (likely), it sounds like it is just your
> >> file
> >> association.
> >>
> >> When you left click on the file there should be 2 options with one in
> >> bold:
> >>
> >> Edit with in POV-Ray
> >> Render with POV-Ray
> >>
> >> the bolded one is the default and it sound like it's set to render.
> >>
> >> If you don't know how to change this:
> >> In Windows Explorer, go to the menu item [Tools/Folder Options...]
> >> In the "File Types" tab, find POV extension, click "Advanced"
> >> Select the "Edit in POV-Ray" action and click "set default"
> >> Done!, click OK
> >>
> >> -tgq
> >
> > Thanks a lot, I see what you means with XP, but in fact I'm running Seven.
> > Do
> > you have any clue haw to do it with this OS (I think I should be the same
> > as
> > Vista).
> >
>
> On my Vista system 'edit' is already the default right-click option for .pov
> files and I don't want to mess with that in case Windows screws everything
> up. I therefore didn't try this, but the third option mentioned on the
> following page seems to me like it might do what you want. Of course
> downloading a utility off the Internet to manipulate your operating system
> settings carries the standard health warning.
>
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-500
>
> Regards,
> Chris B

I should think that you shouldn't need a third party program to do this.  It was
so simple in XP and earlier (if you knew where to go).  There has to be the
abaility somewhere in Vista (and 7) to do this.  Have a look at the solutions
offered here: (method 1 or 3 would seem the appropriate ones perhaps)
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/20/how-to-edit-or-change-file-type-or-extension-associations-default-programs-in-
windows-vista/


-tgq

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