VC++ .Net 2003 problem

refraction · Jul 13, 2004, 10:15 AM

Im having a bit of trouble with a filetypes problem atm, its really strange, the dev environment will open .cpp and .h files, but not .c or .hpp files, it opens VS.net like it should then just says "Shortcut to "blahblah" cannot be opened", but if i rename the files to .cpp or .h they will open. If i try doing it with a project loaded in, the offending files just give an error message saying "The operation could not be completed"

Instantly i thought it was a file association problem, so i had a mess with the filetypes settings (which were all identical anyway) and in the registry settings for both VS and the filetypes and i tried removing VS.net and all its remaining directories (inc the ones in documents and settings) then reinstalling to no success, 6 times may i add.

There is no virus, spyware or adware on my system, altho while i was on holiday my gf's dad managed to infect it with some really annoying trojan which has now been removed, so everything apart VS.net is back to normal.

any idea what this problem could be?

Vampyromaniac · Jul 13, 2004, 11:03 PM

thread moved, left a link in the original forum

refraction · Jul 14, 2004, 01:24 AM

thanks, altho i thought it was more a technical "cant use the program" problem than a coding error :P

thanks anyway tho, more people might recognise it here.

UberLord · Jul 18, 2004, 09:18 PM

Sounds whacky to me.

Maybe you have some program that hooks into IE to intercept links to .c files?

refraction · Jul 20, 2004, 11:34 AM

i dunno what it was but i reinstalled windows and put it back on so the problem is sorted, thanks

Jul 13, 2004, 10:15 AM	#1
refraction DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 307 Rep Power: 0 $refraction is on a distinguished road$	VC++ .Net 2003 problem Im having a bit of trouble with a filetypes problem atm, its really strange, the dev environment will open .cpp and .h files, but not .c or .hpp files, it opens VS.net like it should then just says "Shortcut to "blahblah" cannot be opened", but if i rename the files to .cpp or .h they will open. If i try doing it with a project loaded in, the offending files just give an error message saying "The operation could not be completed" Instantly i thought it was a file association problem, so i had a mess with the filetypes settings (which were all identical anyway) and in the registry settings for both VS and the filetypes and i tried removing VS.net and all its remaining directories (inc the ones in documents and settings) then reinstalling to no success, 6 times may i add. There is no virus, spyware or adware on my system, altho while i was on holiday my gf's dad managed to infect it with some really annoying trojan which has now been removed, so everything apart VS.net is back to normal. any idea what this problem could be?
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Jul 13, 2004, 11:03 PM	#2
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Jul 14, 2004, 01:24 AM	Thread Starter #3
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Jul 20, 2004, 11:34 AM	Thread Starter #5
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