"Configuration / Edit/View / Associations..." VS "Lister plagin" FOR .pdf files ON Windows 10

[Kosarar]

What is the purpose of "Configuration / Edit/View / Associations..." option (TC help is not informative here)? Is it somehow different from "Lister plugin"? I can not make TC view PDF files with Chrome - actually, even when I double click on them, Windows 10 ALWAYS asks which program should it use. When I do it from File explorer, Windows does not ask that.

[petermad]

The purpose is to set up associations for opening different file types with different external viewers:

See: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/associate_pdf_chrome.png

Then you can open pdf files in Chrome by pressing Alt+F3

The screenshot if from Windows 7 but I have tested it under Windows 10 - works fine

[Kosarar]

It works, thank you. Still, it is strange that when I double click on a PDF file, Windows 10 ALWAYS asks which program should it use. I found these solutions, but they are unacceptable:

https://superuser.com/questions/993375/how-do-you-want-to-open-this-file

https://www.windows10forums.com/threads/keeps-asking-how-do-you-want-to-open-this-file-when-opening-an-image.16975/

[petermad]

2Kosarar
Well this approach usually works for me:

1. Right click on af file (.pdf in this case)
2. Choose "Open with"
3. Click on "Choose another app"
4. Select the app/program you want to use
5. And - most important - check the box "Always use this app to open .pdf files"
6. Click OK

See: http://madsenworld.dk/tcmd/chooseapp.png

If the app you want to use is the same as Windows suggests to keep, then it might help to associate with another app ( with the "Always use this app" option set) - and then redo the association to the original app.

[Kosarar]

Sadly, that check box is not present:

http://tinypic.com/r/2cwjz2s/9

I tried a complex system of Windows 10 associations with no success. And most importantly - it works smoothly in Explorer, but not in TC.

[petermad]

Sadly, that check box is not present:

http://tinypic.com/r/2cwjz2s/9

It is not a TC dialog you should use - It is a Windows dialog. It is in TC's main window that you must right click on a file - you can also do it from File Explorer

[Kosarar]

It is not a TC dialog you should use - It is a Windows dialog.

I do not think the dialog I presented is TC one. It is probably from Windows core.

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It is in TC's main window that you must right click on a file - you can also do it from File Explorer

I right clicked on a .pdf file in TC's main window and got the following results:

http://tinypic.com/r/11h8it2/9

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Usually, I double left click, or press Enter though. Both in Explorer or TC. Strange that the outcomes differ.

[petermad]

I right clicked on a .pdf file in TC's main window and got the following results:

http://tinypic.com/r/11h8it2/9

And then you click on "Open with" and thereafter on "Choose another app". as explained above.

[Kosarar]

Whoops, it worked (this phrase was a bit confusing: "It is not a TC dialog you should use - It is a Windows dialog. It is in TC's main window that you must right click on a file - you can also do it from File Explorer")! Somehow the check box appeared and everything is fine now. There was no such problems in previous Windows!

Thank you!

[DarkRuleR]

You can also use "Internal Associations" within Total Commander to open *.pdf files with Chrome when you double click on *.pdf files.

Files -> Internal Associations (Total Commander only)...

Type name:
*.pdf

Actions:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --new-window --start-maximized "%1"