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Lost File Associations for CS3
I have lost file associations for Premiere Pro CS3 and cannot restore them. In other words, when I click on a project file on a hard drive it will not open…it offers to make a file association but CS 3 does not appear in the list. When I browse for the Premiere Pro executable, it will not stay chosen.
Any of you bright people have any ideas?!!! I can open project files from within PPro CS3.
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4 Replies
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You might have a deeper underlying problem here, and that may require OS reinstallation, or a roll back.
Try this first. In the control panel, choose folder options (XP) or default programs (Vista). You may have to switch to classic view first.
Scroll down and see if the extentions are listed (.prproj for Premiere, .AEP for After effects, etc.). try browsing for the programs there.
If they are not listed, you will need to create a new association.
Vince Becquiot
Director | EditorKaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
When I try to associate Premiere Pro CS3 is not listed. When I browse to find the executable…I find it, click on it, it appears in the proper space but does not form an association….In other words I cannot get it to come up in the recommended program window…it just disappears.
Am in the middle of a huge edit. Reinstalling the OS is not an option. I have a zillion programs and utilities(count ’em). Takes me two or three days and untold agony to reinstall everything.
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Sounds like an OS issue and I can only imagine that it will eventually get worse. A virus is also a possibility.
I wouldn’t do anything until you are done with this project, but after that I would wipe it all. You can also do a “system restore”, but that’s only a temporary fix.
Just open Premiere and open the projects that way for now.
Ideally, you would only have Premiere and a few “indispensable” applications installed on your edit workstation. People post constantly about corrupted projects, and other utilities installed are often the root cause.
Vince Becquiot
Director | EditorKaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
I have the solution to your problem. The program will stay as not chosen though you have chosen it, so to make it work you must rename it by changing all the “spaces” for “underline” so,
instead of “this solution works.exe” write “this_solution_works.exe” with the underlines
and it will finaly appear in the list and problem solved!!!reply if it worked
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