tex file, right-click, choose 'open with' then it is important that you click on 'choose program', then even if you see TeXnicCenter on the list, choose 'other'. You can easily change the program associated with your. That doesn't mean your files changed, or the type of file changed. tex files on that computer were associated with TexWorks and would carry the icon of that software. When you got a new computer and installed MixTex, TexWorks was installed with it (you can check in the MixTex website, the distribution comes with TexWorks by default).

tex files were the TeXnicCenter icon, and all files of that type were associated with that software. tex file it would open with TeXnicCenter, the icons on. From that moment whenever you double-clicked on a. tex file, either you were asked whether you wanted to always open files of that type with TeXnicCenter or it did that automatically. When you installed TeXnicCenter in the old computer and opened/created your first. A computer (or should I say a PC?) will have a 'preferred' software to open files. tex files (I used TeXnicCenter until 2 weeks ago for LaTeX, and all my files were. Maybe your computer was configured not to show the file extension (the. Your files in the old and new computer were. Rhetorical question: Would this question have better luck in ctan or stackoverflow? I guess I'll find out! Real question: How to revert to LaTeX file associations? Again, I don't know how/where I got this texworks on the new machine-assuming it came with windows.Ī question: Could these tex associations cause me any new surprises, anything unexpected? Like certain packages not working, etc? Because I can't have that!! Should I not fix it if it ain't broken!?įor instance, one particular file yesterday would not produce any pdf output after compiling.after trying many things (other files compiled as they should have), I got to thinking to try it without the setspace for doublespacing!! And it worked.

I'm using the same miktex distrubution and texnicCenter (both for windows xp) as on the old machine. But.the files are associated with the technic center! In other words, the files open with the texnic center, yet the 'type of file' is 'tex document'. After transferring all my files onto a new machine, all files that were once LaTeX files (having the texnic center 'T' icon) are now TeX files (having the TeX works icon -I don't remember installing that one!).

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