Just a little bit ago, out of nowhere, it seems the default opening program for dxf files suddenly changed. I noticed when I double clicked to open a dxf file, it opened up "DWG TrueView" instead of AutoCad Mechanical like it was. So I changed it back to the way it was. Now, since doing this, the file icons for dwg's and dxf's are exactly the same. Before they were different. I know this sounds like it's not a big deal, but for me it is very annoying, because for years I've been able to easily tell the difference between the two without looking at the file extension. Anybody know how to help me out? Please?
In windows explorer, right clicked on the dxf file, went to properties, when the dialog pops up on the first tab, under "opens with" clicked on the change button and selected "AutoCAD Application" instead of "DWG TrueView Application", which was somehow now set as the default app. Clicked OK, then clicked apply on the properties dialog, then okay. Here is a screenshot of the prop dialog as it would have looked just after hitting Apply, to avoid any confusion.
Thanks for responding and trying to help me out here. Hope this helps.
[This post has been edited for clarity by cheryl.buck]
Do you know the path to DWG Launcher? It is set as the default for dwg's, however I can't figure out where to point to it for dxf. Here's what my dialogue looks like for dxf.
I had the same problem.
Here is how i fixed it:
1. Change back to default application. (AutoCAD DWG Launcher)
2. Uninstall TruView
This way it can never open truview. I think the priorities in the launcher were switched.
I have this same problem. This occured when I installed an upgrade from 2014 to 2015. After a few months of normal use, the files suddenly were wanting to open in 2014. When I changed the default program back to 2015, the icon now looks like a .dwg file when it is a .dxf file. This is annoying because I use both dwg and dxf for different reasons. Now everything looks like a .dwg so I have to check the file extension. Wish I knew how to change it back....
There is probably an easier way but the how to geek program worked for me, and was pretty simple.
I just located the dxf extension, right-clicked and edited and deleted the contents in the 'user choice' box
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