Question : VFP9 Double click on DBF <filename>.dbf gives message "<filename>.fxp is not an object file"

In Windows Explorer, when I double click on a dbf file (of form <filename>.dbf), instead of opening the file in VFP, I get a message "<filename>.fxp is not an object file".

e.g. clicking on T_DCLNT.DBF, gives message "t_dclnt.fxp is not an object file".

OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

Am unsure what to do as Windows 7 no longer has the Edit File Type tab to edit actions associated with a particular extension or file type.

Answer : VFP9 Double click on DBF <filename>.dbf gives message "<filename>.fxp is not an object file"

Have you tried the following registry settings? The one you provided seem to be missing the "-SHELLOPEN" clause included when VFP 9 is installed. My installation did not use any "ddeexec" keys.

1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dbf]
@="Visual.FoxPro.Table"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Visual.FoxPro.Table\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Foxpro 9\\vfp9.exe\" -SHELLOPEN \"%1\""