Upgraded to 7.2 Internet Explorer Issue

[tjensen]

I am guessing this is an issue with how Oxygen took over the file types, but it did not occur in 7.1 so I am not sure. The Issue:

In Windows XP, any file I attempt to open opens in Oxygen, which is what I want when I double click. So now I right click and choose open in internet explorer (I use this for xslt reports that I run). Internet explorer gives a box saying how would I like to download this file, open or save. If I open it opens in Oxygen, save obviously saves the file. This did not occur when I had 7.1 installed, and I just installed 7.2, and entered my purchased license for professional if that matters, and the issue began. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have limited access to my machine, but I'll do my best to get access for whatever anyone can come up with as long as it sounds valid to Management instead of me doing trial and error ;).

Thanks,

Tim

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

I cannot reproduce the file association problem on my Windows XP computer. It seems the file associations are corrupted in the Windows registry on your computer. You can try to fix it by going to Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types in Windows Explorer, selecting the extension which you want to associate to Internet Explorer, pressing the Change button and selecting Internet Explorer in the list of applications.


Regards,
Sorin

[tjensen]

Out of the three machines we installed on, only mine is having the issue. I have tried resetting file associations, resetting IE settings (IE6 BTW), uninstalling Oxygen and reinstalling, etc. It keeps asking me to download, if I switch associations in folder options, nothing at all happens when I attempt to open a file. Any ideas before I post to the world in general of how to fix this?

[sorin_ristache]

Run the following from command line to restore the association with Internet Explorer:

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cscript revertToIE.vbs

where revertToIE.vbs is the following VB script:

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function revert()

  Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

  objShell.RegWrite "HKCR\.xml\", "xmlfile", "REG_SZ"

  objShell.RegWrite "HKCR\.xml\Content Type", "text/xml", "REG_SZ"

end function



call revert()

Regards,
Sorin