Installation Issue

[Spacemanbobby]

I am logging in as an Admin and installing TextPad on a users Windows 7 Box. After install my icons and the program functions properly. When I log out and the user logs in, ALL their Icons for all their programs are associated with TextPad. Nothing opens anymore as a program, they all open a textpad window with jibberish in it. As an example, if you want to click on your IE icon(which now looks like a TextPad Icon) it doesn't open IE, it opens Textpad with junk in the window.

Any ideas on how to resolve this.

[bbadmin]

The attached REG file contains the entries that the installer adds to the registry which might have a bearing on this problem. The HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE part is changed to either the current user, or all users, depending on the installation option chosen.

Our guess is that the registry is corrupt on that PC, but you should check what actually got written to the registry under those keys.

Uninstalling TextPad should clean the registry of any changes the installer made.


I hope this helps.


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.tws]
@="TextPad.tws"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde]
@="Required by ddeopn32.exe"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell\open]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell\open\command]
@="\"[INSTALLDIR]TextPad.exe\" -s"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell\open\ddeexec]
@="[open(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell\open\ddeexec\application]
@="TextPad.5.0"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.dde\shell\open\ddeexec\topic]
@="system"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.tws]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.tws\DefaultIcon]
@="\"[INSTALLDIR]TextPad.exe\",-2000"

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.tws\shell]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.tws\shell\open]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TextPad.tws\shell\open\command]
@="\"[INSTALLDIR]TextPad.exe\" -s \"%1\""

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\OpenWithList\TextPad.exe]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\TextPad.exe]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.html]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.html\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.html\OpenWithList\TextPad.exe]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt\OpenWithList\TextPad.exe]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe\shell]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe\shell\edit]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe\shell\edit\command]
@="\"[INSTALLDIR]TextPad.exe\" -s \"%1\""

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe\shell\open]

[HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\TextPad.exe\shell\open\command]
@="\"[INSTALLDIR]TextPad.exe\" -s \"%1\""

[Spacemanbobby]

When we uninstall all the icons restore to the proper applications. So that is good, it is just that when it is installed every application turns into a textpad launcher.

What should I look for when it is installed and has changed everything to a textpad icon.

It gets installed for ALL Users when the install does start.

Thanks,
Bob