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Re: Strange file opening problem

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In article <NsudnU2SpudygrjPnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@westnet.com.au>, John G
<greentest@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> After serious thinking Nigel James wrote :
> > Hi, I have a baffling little file-opening problem I'd appreciate any wisdom 
> > for.
> >
> > I've been using Filemaker since v3, now using v12 on a Mac running OS X 
> > 10.8.4 Mountain Lion. I have always started Filemaker by opening whichever 
> > database I want to work in (rather than starting Filemaker first, then 
> > opening the file I want).
> >
> > Suddenly and for no reason I can fathom, whichever database I want to open 
> > Filemaker with, it fails to open. Filemaker starts and immediately presents 
> > an "Open new or existing file" to choose a database or other file.
> >
> > Very strange. Does anyone have experience of this?
> >
> > Grateful for any wisdom. Thanks in advance.
> 
> If this was WinDoze I would say the file association has been changed 
> and it easy to change back from the control Panel and other places.
> But I have no idea how Mac handles file associations.

That was my first thought too, but FileMaker does open (so the system
does know it is a FileMaker document), it just doesn't the actual
database file that was double-clicked.

BUT it might still be worth double-checking by clicking on a file that
doesn't open properly and looking in the Get Info window to see which
application it is using as the default to open it.

It might also be worth running the Repair Permissions options in the
Disk Utility application (in the Applications -> Utilities folder).

Helpful Harry  :o)

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Strange file opening problem Nigel James <crewedcharter@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 03:04 -0700
  Re: Strange file opening problem Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-09-03 09:13 +1200
  Re: Strange file opening problem John G <greentest@ozemail.com.au> - 2013-09-03 09:31 +1000
    Re: Strange file opening problem Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2013-09-03 13:21 +1200

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