Fix the .ics extension if Outlook steals it

Download IcsReclaim

(Ironcad/IcsReclaim-Setup.exe)

only works for 10 unfortunatly

So... what exactly is it doing? Registry change?

It deletes assosiation to outlook and creates a new one
to the IronCAD.Scene class and sets the shell/open to Ic

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ics\ironCAD.Scene
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IronCAD.Scene\shell\open\command\C:\Program\IronCAD\10.0\bin\ironcad.exe "%1"

I will fix support for v9 next week.

v9 should work now!, just download again.

I've installed it & it works pretty well. All .ics files now open with IronCAD if I double-click them in Windows Explorer.

Nevertheless, you can't keep Microsoft down. Outlook comes up at the top of the "Open With..." menu and the next time I rebooted & started Outlook, all the .ics files switched back to calendar icons (but they still open in IronCAD when I double-click them.)

I guess Microsoft just knows better than we do - .ics just has to be a calendar file.

Yes i know, thats why i made it as an install application and not a reg file, sometimes you need to run it every time you start windows.

sometimes its enough to rightclick on the .ics file and choose open with ironcad after you run icsReclaim, that helps sometimes.

Or try to set outlook to not check if it is the default app for email and calender files, works fore some versions of office.

Hi,

i tried the ic9-version.
The path for ironcad after the install is now: bin\ironcad.exe "%1"
and it should be: "C:\Program Files\IronCAD\9.0\bin\ironcad.exe"
Do you know how that can be?
I can change it but it won`t stay there after a restart of the computer

Hey... their OS, their rules. Who's bright idea was it to pick a microsoft extension for IronCAD files to begin with? I think it is long past time for a new IronCAD Scene file extension...

Solid Point, Mike. (no nefarious reference intended)
How about these:

IronCAD scene... .iro -or- .iron
IronCAD drawing... .fer (short for ferrite) -or- .eis (short for eiserne (german))

-Just some goofy ideas... Maybe the IronDudes should hold a contest...

Yeah, this point was made along time ago and I believe that changed the extension is not as simple as it seems unfortunately. I personally like

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Try again now, i refuse to give up;)

uninstall
download, install and run.

and please notify me!

Thanks Johan, it does the job. nice work!

regards Wim