How to configure Windows to automatically open .pro and .isv files with your current version of IDL
On Windows, it can happen that after installing different versions of IDL on your machine, double clicking on a .isv or .pro file will not work as expected :
- The. isv and .pro files are not recognized anymore as IDL files
- A new IDL Workbench session is opened each time you double click on a .pro or .isv files, requiring multiple workspaces
- .pro and .isv files are opened using an old version of IDL
In order to workaround these different behaviors it is possible to re-configure the .pro and .isv files so Windows will automatically open them with the appropriate version of IDL (IDL 8.3 in our example below).
Workaround:
- Right click on a .pro (and .isv) file
- Select Properties
- In the General Tab click on the Change button right to Open with
- in the Open With window click on the Browse button at the bottom right
- Select the following file to open your .pro (or .isv) files using IDL 8.3 on 64-bit for example:
"C:\ProgramFiles\Exelis\IDL83\bin\bin.x86_64\IDLSnapFileOpen.exe"
- Click the Open button
- In the Open With window, check the box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
-Close the different windows using the OK and Apply buttons
Double clicking on a .pro or .isv file should now open them usingIDL 8.3 64-bit, using only one Workspace.
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Review on 01/07/2014 by FS