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bug #47696: Can't set Octave as default app for .m files on Windows 10

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Thu 14 Apr 2016 05:36:38 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: Works For MeAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Frank QuickOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 4.0.1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Fri 15 Apr 2016 03:32:36 PM UTC, comment #4:

I reinstalled 4.0.1 using the same installer as the first installation. Afterward the script host option appeared in the open with dialog, and selecting it has corrected the issue. (I don't think the option was present before the reinstall. May have resulted from uninstalling 4.0.0.) I must say that selecting this option as the default program is hardly obvious, and I think it ought to be offered as an step during installation. I leave it to the community to decide whether to pursue this any further.

BTW the opening of a new Octave instance on each double-click was also the behavior in 4.0.0.

Frank Quick <rfquickjr>
Fri 15 Apr 2016 08:58:07 AM UTC, comment #3:

This works for me on Windows 10 with Octave 4.0.1 (instructions e.g. [1]). You have to select "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" for .m files. Check whether the description changes to "GNU Octave Script".

If this is not working for you: Did you use the installer or the zip-dist? Maybe this is something the installer registers? Try to re-install using the installer.exe from here [2].

However, a new Octave instance is opened each time I double-click a .m file.

[1] http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-set-default-programs-in-windows-10/
[2] https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Project Member
Fri 15 Apr 2016 12:50:37 AM UTC, comment #2:

Thanks for the reply. The stackoverflow post is interesting but doesn't seem to address the issue.

I want to be able to just double-click on a .m file and have it be opened in Octave. Used to work in Windows 7 with Octave 4.0.0.

Frank Quick <rfquickjr>
Fri 15 Apr 2016 12:09:58 AM UTC, comment #1:

I'm not sure if it is related, but I found this suggestion on running .vbs scripts in Windows 10.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32194129/vbscript-to-open-an-excel-file-in-windows-10-via-task-scheduler

Frank, does that help?

Lachlan Andrew <lachlan>
Project Member
Thu 14 Apr 2016 05:36:38 PM UTC, original submission:

This is more a nuisance than a bug; but it does not seem possible to set Octave as the default app for .m files in Windows 10. E.G., the Octave icon points to octave.vbs but it seems Windows will not set a file of this type as the default to open a file. This is something that could be done on Windows 7 in Octave 4.0.0, and it would be convenient to get it back.

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