Open with... on LabVIEW files doing strange things

[GregFreeman]

I have LabVIEW 2010-2012 installed. I am using Windows 7 32 bit. If I right click a VI and go to open with... it always shows 2010, and will either show 2011 or 2012 depending on which I had open last. If it shows 2010 and 2011, but I go manually open 2012 from the start menu, then when I right click a *.vi file and select open with... it shows 2010 and 2012 instead. Now, if it's showing 2010 and 2011 and I choose open with, choose default program... and select LabVIEW 2012, nothing happens. What I've had to do in this case is open 2012 then choose file-> open... and browse to the VI. Has anyone had this problem or does anyone have suggestions? I think I've had this issue the whole time 2012 has been installed, it's just now I've gotten to the point where I'm sick of dealing with it

[crossrulz]

Personally, I like to use the LabVIEW Shell Launcher found over on LAVA.  It will open the version of LabVIEW the VI was written in.

http://lavag.org/topic/12241-labview-shell-launcher/

[GregFreeman]

Weird, I just noticed if I try and right click and say open with 2012, it tries to open in 2011 and tells me "file is newer than the current LabVIEW version"

[GregFreeman]

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@crossrulz wrote:

Personally, I like to use the LabVIEW Shell Launcher found over on LAVA.  It will open the version of LabVIEW the VI was written in.

http://lavag.org/topic/12241-labview-shell-launcher/

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I'll definitely try that.