Can't autoload the demo file

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Associate with *.dem file in Administrator mode
2.Open any *.dem file

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected like 1.18 that the program can autoload the demo and see all 
information.

Now I only see the program and no demo was load.

And I check the preference, here don't appear that I associated with *.dem 
file.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.19 on Windows 7.

Please provide any additional information below.

I recently updated to 1.19 and I got this problem, in 1.18 I don't have any  
problem with that.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by moonl...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2010 at 1:41

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If you re-install 1.1.8, does the problem go away? Testing this will ensure the
problem is actually with 1.1.9 and not something else that happened to occur at 
the
same time you upgraded.

It could be a problem with loading demos from a certain path or with a certain
filename. Try placing a demo in a root directory, rename it to something simple 
(e.g.
c:\1.dem) and then try to open it.

Can you navigate using the file system treeview to demos that won't open by 
executing
them?

Look for config.xml in "shell:Local AppData\compLexity Demo Player" (enter this 
into
the address bar in Windows Explorer or in the search bar in the Start menu). 
Make
sure it's not set to read-only. Also try opening it in a text editor and 
setting the
AssociateWithDemFiles element to true.

Original comment by young.jpc@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2010 at 1:35

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Hello, when I reinstalled version 1.1.8, the problem is gone.

I've tested the location of the demo, when the demo is in personal folders in 
Windows 
7 Spanish, for example: "Downloads", "Documents," etc., the problem occurs. (I 
also 
moved all personal folders to D, the system automatically create link in the 
old 
place to D and hide it)

Yes, I can use the treeview file system to locate and open the file.

The config.xml file is read-only. When I open the file in the folder mentioned 
above, 
in the config.xml LastPath shows me as "D:\Users\MyUserName" (remember that I 
moved 
all personal folders to D:\Users\MyUserName\).

When I try to associate the *.dem opening the program in Administrator mode, I 
can 
associate, at that time if I close the program the AssociateWithDemFiles is 
true in 
config.xml, but when reopen it as a normal user, the checkbox wasn't mark and 
the 
configuration returns me false.

Original comment by moonl...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2010 at 6:27

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Ok, I think I've fixed the problem. Try replacing the attached executable with 
yours
in Program Files\compLexity Demo Player and see if the fix works.

As for the "Associate with *.dem files" checkbox, it really should be "Check 
*.dem
file association on startup" with a separate button to associate with demo 
files.
Other than that, the behaviour of the checkbox clearing if you don't start with 
an
admin account is normal and won't affect demo file association unless another 
program
changes it.

Original comment by young.jpc@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2010 at 11:39

Attachments:

• [compLexity Demo Player.exe](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/coldemoplayer/issue-6/comment-4/compLexity Demo Player.exe)

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Ok, the problem is now fixed with the patch. I also have another problem with 
HLAE, but 
that problem is coming from the old version, I will comment that on another 
topic.

Thank you.

Original comment by moonl...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2010 at 3:54

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Original comment by young.jpc@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2010 at 1:17

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