[tex-live] TeXLive 2009 installer changes .pdf default viewer under win XP

[Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm]

On 16 May 2010 08:43, Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> wrote:

> Please stay on list, private emails do not help anyone here.
>
> On So, 16 Mai 2010, Abdulrahman Al-Abdusalalm wrote:
> > > Questions:
> > > - which installer did you use (wizard style, full GUI with all
> questons,
> > >  text mode)?
> > >
> >
> > I used the default GUI that pops up with (next ..next..next..finished ;)
>
> wizard then.
>
> > > - if you used full GUI with all questions: how did you set the
> > >        Change file associations
> > >
> >
> > I did not notice that option ...
>
> It is not there on the wizard. It should not have reset the options,
> because the default is different.
>
> BUT: Did you use the DVD or an up-to-date installer from the network?
>
> The DVD installer had some problems in this respect (AFAIR).
>

Yes I used the DVD which I downloaded few months back but I calculated the
checksum before I
did any installation and found it matching the one given in texlive website.

Do you know if this problem was due to a change in windows registry by the
DVD installer?

Many thanks

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Abdulrahman


>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
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