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*.slddrw files-Associating to open with Edrawings as a default?

*.slddrw files-Associating to open with Edrawings as a default?

*.slddrw files-Associating to open with Edrawings as a default?

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I used to have it set in Windows 7 to double click a Solidworks drawing and it would automatically open in edrawings instead of solidworks. It makes it a lot quicker to check simple stuff. Since I just "upgraded" to 2013 I havent been able to make this association again. In explorer I right click the drawing file, open with...,choose default program..browse to C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks eDrawings (2)\, left click on "eDrawingsOfficeAutomater.exe", left click on the open button, check the box that says "always use the selected program to open this kind of file", left click on ok. So then Solidworks starts up and cranks and opens the file.

I had this very same issue when I upgraded to SW2012, and somehow had fixed it. I've also tried setting the oening program to "Emodelviewer.exe", and per my VAR uninstalled edrawings and reinstalling it from the websites download instead of the SW CD.

Does any one have any tip on fixing this for me?
Thanks

SW2013,SP3 HP Z400 Workstation
Intel xeon w3580@3.33GHz,Win7 PRO 64bit
Quatro FX1800

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