File / program association in Windows 11 (version 26)

[Arcadia]

I have both V25 & V26 installed. For no apparent reason windows (after latest windows update) has suddenly decided that all .pln files are a mystery to it and does not even recognize V26 as a possibility.

I can open files in V26 okay by using the open command in Archicad but I can't double click on the file in explorer to open it (I just get a message that this file does not have any software associated with it). Even old V25 files won't open in V25 if I double click.

Using right click, properties and searching for a program to associate with the .pln doesn't work either. I can see V25 as an option but when I search for and select V26 it just defaults straight back to V25. I had this issue when I had V24 & V25 installed as well and solved it by uninstalling V24. I'm not quite ready to uninstall V25 - is there any other potential fix for this annoying issue?

[runxel]

Does "always open with" do not work for you? Don't know if there is still the checkbox in Win 11 but I guess so.

But the file association on Windows was always a big pain, especially when you installed more than one version; GS never managed to do this completely right.

[Laszlo Nagy · Accepted solution]

There is the solution where you uninstall and reinstall Archicad 26 and the file associations will be recreated by the Archicad installer. Actually, you may not even have to uninstall Archicad, you can just repair the installation by rerunning the installer. But you need to try it as I do not know if the installation repair would repair the file associations as well (my guess is that it will).

[Arcadia]

The open with option didn't even offer V26 as an option and wouldn't allow it to be selected.

[Arcadia]

I tried this and it worked. I just ran the repair option without uninstalling first. Thanks!

[Robert Horvath]

If you repair the installation, you must also reinstall the hotfix package. I think it is better to use the "always open with" option in explorer.
Separately, you should run the "register.bat" file as administrator (from here: C:\Program Files\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad 26\GRAPHISOFT Shell Extension) to make explorer can show the Archicad "info" table.

[Arcadia]

The 'always open with' function was not working (it wouldn't recognize V26). After doing the repair yes I ran the hotfix update as well of course. Everything works as it should now.

[Barry Kelly]

I think also to re-associate an Archicad version as the default to open with, you can just run the 'Register.bat' file that can be found in the 'Graphisoft Shell Extension' older in the program folder.

This should save re-installing everything.

I'm not sure if you have to restart your machine afterwards.

Barry.

[Robert Horvath]

Hi!

In explorer, you can mark the location of Archicad if it doesn't find it on its own. Running a full installation for a two-click problem is a "firing a cannon at a sparrow"

Sorry my win is HUN:

[Arcadia]

I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean. I am aware of the usual way to direct a file to open with a selected program but this usual method did not work in this case. I have fixed the problem now anyway. I didn't do a full install I just ran the 'repair' install and it was quite straightforward.