Version 1.0 still takes over file extensions without asking

[saucefrog]

I can't believe some people are able to code an HTML editor, but unable to simply add an option in the installer that asks us if some file extensions like .json or .config should be associated with Brackets or not.

[le717]

This issue has been thoroughly discussed and is on the the improvement list. Hopefully this can be fixed soon, but you know you could submit a pull request with the option to select the desired file extensions in the installer. That could get it in faster.

[chylex]

Simple-ish solution to remove all extensions stolen by Brackets:

• Run regedit
• Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and delete Brackets.FileExts (if I recall the name correctly)
• Kill explorer.exe and run it again (ctrl+alt+delete/ctrl+shift+esc to open Task Manager)
• I'm not sure what happens with extensions that were associated with other programs, but I'm pretty sure Brackets overwrote them so you will probably have to associate them again
• Don't update Brackets until this is fixed... seriously, it's not worth the pain

If you see folders thumbnails that did not update and still show Brackets icon for files inside:

• Go to Start and put this in: %APPDATA%..\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
• Use whatever means it takes to remove all thumbcache_ files, because they are used by the system (I used Unlocker which did the trick)
• Restart explorer.exe just like before (it will probably crash and restart on its own)

[melihovv]

@chylex thanks a lot. It works!

[chylex]

Anyways, what I do now is just open UniExtract, extract the .msi file and just replace the files. If you don't have an existing Brackets installation, just create a link to the exe file and put it into C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, which will display it in the start menu.

I did that with a fresh computer and it doesn't seem to have broken anything, so you shouldn't have any problems.