Portable version of program 'invisible'

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I tried to put the portable version of PDF-Xchange Viewer program (see
link) on my Vista Biz


http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/

When I unzip the thing into a folder (say, C:/Program Files/PDF-XViewer)
I can actually launch the program and it works well...

....however, when I try to associate all .PDF files with the program by:
<right click> > 'Open With..' > <select> (on any existing PDF file)

....I cannot see PDF-Xchange Viewer as a viable alternative program. I
have tried to 'browse' my way there and select the PDF-XViewer.exe, but
it refuses to register, i.e. it never appears in the list of possible
alternative programs. Why is this?

How can I force a portable program to become part of the approved set of
progrms offered under 'Open With'?

(PS- the installed version of the same program has no problem. The issue
arises with the /Portable/ (uninstalled) version of PDF-XChange Viewer.)

thanks
 
occam said:
...I cannot see PDF-Xchange Viewer as a viable alternative program. I
have tried to 'browse' my way there and select the PDF-XViewer.exe, but
it refuses to register, i.e. it never appears in the list of possible
alternative programs. Why is this?
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Probably because Windows has no record of it ever having been
installed. All that you've done is unzip it to its present location.
 
Big said:
Probably because Windows has no record of it ever having been
installed. All that you've done is unzip it to its present location.
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That much I grasped.
How can I link '.PDF' with the program.

(This is no problem with XP Pro, where you go into 'Folder Options' and
assign any program - installed or uninstalled - to a file type.

I am missing this facility in Vista.

Solutions?
 
occam said:
That much I grasped.
How can I link '.PDF' with the program.

(This is no problem with XP Pro, where you go into 'Folder Options' and
assign any program - installed or uninstalled - to a file type.

I am missing this facility in Vista.

Solutions?
Click to expand...

I just downloaded the program and unzipped it to Program Files. I had
no problem setting it to be the default reader of .PDF files.

I merely right-clicked a .PDF file, chose to "Open With" and browsed
to the .EXE file - selected the file and made sure the tick-box was
ticked to make it the default.

Closed that. Opened several others without a problem.
 
Big said:
I just downloaded the program and unzipped it to Program Files. I had
no problem setting it to be the default reader of .PDF files.

I merely right-clicked a .PDF file, chose to "Open With" and browsed
to the .EXE file - selected the file and made sure the tick-box was
ticked to make it the default.

Closed that. Opened several others without a problem.
Click to expand...


Hmm... you are describing exactly the same sequence I went through,
except Vista appears to ignore my selected .exe completely.

I am wondering if this is because I have disabled one of the default
services (I have been playing with run > services.msc recently)

Thanks in any case.
 
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