File association query (Cubase)

[BJG]

Someone just pointed out that the Music PCs opened .cpr files in Cubase SE3 on double-clicking, though they've been updated to Cubase 5.

 

I tried changing the file association through Tools...Folder Options...Filetypes, and now Cubase 5 starts at least, though it then fails to open the file. (Works fine through File...Open.)

 

Is there some other aspect to file association that I've missed?

[User3204]

Uninstall the old version ?

 

 

To do file associations I usually go for the command line

assoc and ftype

 

basically something like:

assoc .cpr=Cubase5File

ftype Cubase5File=c:\path\to\cubase.exe %1

 

You can do more, but this usually works.

There's probably already something associating the .cpr with a file type, so you might be able to just get away with moving the ftype from the old one to the new one.

[BJG]

(That's helpful, thanks...)