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    .tex Association

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dr_98_98, Jul 4, 2009.

  1. dr_98_98

    dr_98_98 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi.

    I'm running Vista Home Premium. My hard drive is partitioned into two NTFS areas (I originally had dual boot with Ubuntu).

    Having freshly installed Vista in drive C, I installed MiKTeX et al. in drive E. However, I simply cannot associate any .tex files with TeXnic Centre - when I go through the "open with" procedure Vista simply refuses to add TEXCNTR as one of the "other programs".

    Any ideas how to solve this problem? (It's association is with Media Centre at the moment - how on earth did it compute that? :confused: )

    Cheers,
    dr_98_98
     
    dr_98_98, Jul 4, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm not familiar with TEXCNTR, but I know that you can associate .tex files with Vim or Emacs without a problem. Perhaps you can explore those options if TEXCNTR doesn't work out.
     
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  3. Relativity17

    Relativity17 Notebook Evangelist

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    Tex files are plain text, you can edit them in any text editor such as Notepad.

    You can try using File Type Manager to edit the file associations.
    http://frank.neatstep.com/?q=node/1
     
    Relativity17, Jul 4, 2009
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  4. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Take a squizz at this webpage that discusses how to associate file types with a particular program in _Vista.
     
    Shyster1, Jul 4, 2009
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  5. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you point the TeXnics Centre at the right MikTeX directory?

    It may be an idea just to reinstal the TeXnics Centre.

    (just stopping by)
     
    DetlevCM, Jul 5, 2009
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