By
Kbird1
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June 28th 2020
*** AS OF VERSION X11 CHIEF HAS ADDED A TOOL TO PREFERENCES TO DO THIS FOR YOU, GO TO
Preferences > General> File Management > File Association ......... which is at the very bottom of the TAB.
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***Dec. 2018*** For X10 and lower versions
Microsoft has now fixed File associations and you can do it via
Start>Settings>Apps>Default Apps> scroll down to Choose Default App by File Type near the bottom (not File Protocol)
Now scroll Down and find each Chief File type and change the Default to Chief Architect X10 ( or your version )
X10 should be in the list for each type to choose from for these File Types...
.alb
.calib
.calibz
.layout (sketchup maybe associated at times with this one)
.plan
.undoplan
If Chief isn't listed or a choice above it should offer to look for Other Apps....
so scroll all the way down to "look for other Apps on this PC" (in blue) if X10 is not on the List already and in the Windows Explorer Window go to :
C:\Program Files\Chief Architect\Chief Architect Premier X10 (64 bit) and select the File Chief Architect Premier X10.exe
after the 1st File type (.alb above) X10 should be in the list for the Others and you won't need to do this part again.... you can only change one at a time so do these 6 types...
Mick.
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***Nov 2018***
A recent Windows 10 Update has Broken File Associations for Many Programs . not just Chief
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*** EDITED OCT 2018***
It seems the Methods below may no longer work since the Windows 10 1803 Update in April
Some other Options are :
1.) You can also Right Click any .calibz file or .plan or .layout etc and Choose Open With>CA X10 (scroll Down to bottom if you don't see X10 listed and choose look on PC (see path below) and Select it, once found look for the Checkbox that says Always Use this App Check it 1st and then hit Ok
The Default Full Path to the CA X10 Program is
"C:\Program Files\Chief Architect\Chief Architect Premier X10 (64 bit)\Chief Architect Premier X10.exe"
2.) You can also goto Control Panel>Default Programs>Select CA X10 and the Repair Button should appear and you can Use it to repairs Files for the Installed Program, this does not effect Settings etc at least not when I have tried it. This is useful if you re-install X9 or one of the Home Designer Products or an older version of CA, AFTER X10 and they overwrite the Defaults For X10.
To Open Control Panel Right Click START>System> scroll to bottom on the right hand side and Chose System Info under Related Settings. In the top left hand Corner click on Control panel Home>Programs and Features> select Chief Architect Premier X10 (64bit) and on the Ribbon next to the Organize dropdown Arrow you should see Repair appear, click on it and the Repair will begin. ( it will look like the Installer is running again)
3.) There is also some Command-line Options available if you are familiar with Dos and the Command Prompt? ask if you need them , I will post them if needed but I don't want people messing their system up by accident.
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Original Method
The X10 Upgrade does not seem to have reset the Default Application for .Plan, .layout .calib and .calibz , .alb Files, .undoplan to X10, which is why X9 is still opening when you double Click any of these File Types instead, from reading here on the Forum, it looks like it hasn't done this on the Mac OS either Instruction for Mac High Sierra OS are in Post #2
Chief does not appear to have the ability to re-register default File Types like some Programs do, but it can be done manually via the settings App or Control Panel ( better/easier ).
In Windows goto :
>Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations
if that just takes you back to the Settings App , right click the Start Button >Run and it the box copy and Paste this and hit <Enter> :
control /name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms /page pageFileAssoc
goto each File extension. ( list below) and click the Change program button at top right.
scroll all the way down to "look for other Apps on this PC" (in blue) if X10 is not on the List already ( wasn't for me) and in the Windows Explorer Window goto :
C:\Program Files\Chief Architect\Chief Architect Premier X10 (64 bit) and select the File Chief Architect Premier X10.exe
after the 1st File type (.alb) X10 should be in the list for the Others and you won't need to do that again.... you can only change one at a time so do these 6 types...
.alb
.calib
.calibz
.layout (sketchup maybe associated at times with this one)
.plan
.undoplan
Mick.
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