Unable to associate .not file with Notation 4 (Win7)

[flyingtadpole]

Therein lies the rub... I'm trying both of your preferred steps but (1) Notation 4 doesn't appear in the list Win 7 offers. nor does Notation 3! wqhich is still on the machine. When I try via the right-click, and run through that whole process, Windows does everything EXCEPT take any notice of Notation 4.


I think it's got to be a system glitch on my abused computer then, if the standard paths you've described are working for you, so I guess I'd better try a reinstall (sigh).



Tim

[flyingtadpole]

Okay. A system glitch it is, which I haven't yet fixed. Tried a reinstall of Composer 4, Win7 will still not associate .not with it. Nor will it associate with Composer 3! So my machine is doing a dummy spit (there's an issue with win7 on it, but I really don't want to upgrade or even reload win7, because of the hours of reinstallation needed....) (at least not yet. I'll wait till I'm stuck in quarantine again...)


Tim

[Sherry C]

Hi Tim,


It's not just your machine - it's got to be something in Windows 7.


I went and tried the

Start button\Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations
path, and could not get it to associate Composer 4.
AND after doing that path, now it won't let me do the "favorite" path either! Not even after a hard reboot!


Going to do a little research here....


ttfn,
Sherry

[Sherry C]

Hi Tim,


Ok, I think I found a solution.


If you're comfortable working in the Registry of your machine, please see
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ion-in-windows


I found that this setting was incorrectly set. After I corrected the path, the File Association works as it should. (I'm still puzzled why it worked correctly the first time when I did the screen shots for my first response, but who knows in Windows World...)



Let me know if this does/n't help.


ttfn,
Sherry

[flyingtadpole]

Sherry, you're a wonder! Yes, went in and corrected following the instructions and now all works.



For me, the incorrect path that was in the registry was to the Notation 4 BETA version, which has long since been uninstalled.



So the uninstall of the BETA didn't clear the whole registry, my registry cleaner didn't notice it, and the install of Notation 4.01 didn't overwrite.


I suspect that this glitch will only occur to BETA-testers using Win7!!! not a widespread thing.

Thanks again!
Tim

[Sherry C]

Hi Tim,


Glad that worked for you. FWIW, my issue the second time around was the same. I'm still not sure why my "favorite" method worked the first time - I still suspect that IS a Win 7 issue, but at least we know how to take care of it.


ttfn,
Sherry

[dj]

Hi, Tim and Sherry:


I have just realized that .not files are orphaned in my Windows 10 setup.



Now, this may be an artifact of my previous Win 7 installation, as Win 10 was installed after Composer 4 was installed and Composer 4 was then re-installed from the backup files.


However, the procedure listed in the Microsoft support file doesn't work. In fact, I can't find any registry entry for Composer.exe.


I'll keep playing around and see what happens.


David