1. Right-click the GIF or JPG and click "Properties"
2. With the Properties open, click Change and select or find Fireworks 8 from
the list of programs.
Just to note for sanity sake, the document icons have stayed the same for
Studio 8 (just so you know). Maybe this might be the confusion?
Hope this helps!
The Fireworks installer allows you to set Fireworks as the default
editing/viewing application for several graphic file types
Unfortunately, by installing the entire Studio I was never presented with this
option. Is this the general case? BTW this is PC version of Studio 8
Whichever program your computer recognizes as the defaults for opening
those file types.
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And... when I'm in the "File Types" dialogue in Windows 2000, Fireworks 8
doesn't show up as an option in the list. When I browse for it and choose it,
it doesn't "stick."
We all installed Studio 8, then, after making sure our files could open up
correctly, de-installed one or more of the MX applications (in my case, I only
de-installed FireWorks MX 2004, but others removed all the MX stuff). Prior to
the de-install, PNGs (as an example) were still linked to FireWorks MX 2004
rather than FireWorks 8 (which is why I de-installed). Now, however, JPGs,
GIFs and PNGs have no association at all, and cannot be opened with FireWorks 8
by 'selecting a program from the list' etc. The ONLY way to get them to open
is to do so from within the app or to drag and drop into the open app window.
One of us has completely deinstalled MX 2004 and Studio 8 then reinstalled
Studio 8 and still the file associations haven't come right. As you can
imagine, quite frustrating. I might hazard a humble guess that the installer
isn't writing to the registry correctly?
Given that this has hit four of us in this one office, I suspect there will be
a great many more people that have this problem...
Will keep an eye on this thread for any answers!
Glad the repair fixed the file assoication for PNGs as it should. If that
doesnt work for anyone else, you could verify and modify the Registry keys:
Here are the Reg keys that FW uses for Launch and Edit:
Key Name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\Fireworks.exe
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 8/23/2005 - 10:44 AM
Value 0
Name: <NO NAME>
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\Fireworks.exe
Value 1
Name: Path
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Fireworks 8\Fireworks.exe
Note: Dreamweaver and Flash also look at this key to determine what version to
use with Launch and Edit.
I hope no one has to go this route...and as always be careful when editing Reg
Keys.