Studio 2019 now opening as default application

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I'm running Studio 2017 and Studio 2019 on my PC and have followed the installation instructions. However, 2019 is now my default application. I had an issue where my PC restarted for updates with an open job in Studio 2017. This caused an error in the 2017 package and the job disappeared from my project list. Double clicking on the sdlproj file opened the partially complete job in Studio 2019 but there was no way of choosing to open it in Studio 2017 instead. I was only able to open the blank original project in Studio 2017 and start all over again. Anyone else experienced anything like this or know of any way to stop Studio 2019 opening as a default please?

Paul · Answer

Hi Mandy Preece 
 
Why don't you open the package from Studio instead of double clicking it? Then you have control over which version you would like to use.

Paul · Answer

Hi Mandy Preece 
 
An SDLPROJ and a Package are two different things. So perhaps we can just make sure we are talking about the same thing? The package is an SDLPPX file which you can open in Studio using "Open Package" and this then becomes a Studio Project which contains the SDLPROJ file (which is just metadata for the project itself). 
 
This article might be helpful. It is a little old but the principles are still good: 
 
 multifarious.filkin.com/.../ 
 
If your project is lost you should check these things: 
 
1. Make sure you didn't just filter on something that changed the display in the navigation pane of the Projects View 
2. If the filter is correct try opening the SDLPROJ using "Open Project" and see if it will add back in 
 
If none of this works I would suggest you close Studio and then rename your projects.xml file in here: 
 
c:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Studio 2017\Projects\projects.xml 
 
This will have the ffect of removing all your projects from your Projects View. It won't delete anything, but the list of projects will be reset. Then you use "Open Project" to add them back in again one at a time.

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Studio 2019 now opening as default application