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Offline punkyclownTopic starter

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LHA Files are not associated with Unarc
« on: January 02, 2016, 10:22:25 PM »
Hi All,  As you move through the old and new Amiga software, changes occur on your system
which you do actually don't see until after the fact. The color scheme seems to change at random as I load or add different software.  Lately I noticed that LHA files I now download from the net no longer associate themselves with Unarc like they did when I first installed OS3.9.  Does anyone know how I might re-set this so they do.  It's a pain to always have to open the software and not just double click on the file itself.
Thanks in advance
Brad Hansen
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: LHA Files are not associated with Unarc
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2016, 10:26:46 PM »
You want to be able to double-click on an .lha file icon and have it automatically open the 3.9 Unarc utility, is that correct?

You need to edit the def_icons properties for this, I'm not near a computer right now but if you haven't figured it out later I can post a screenshot.  ;)
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Offline Matt_H

Re: LHA Files are not associated with Unarc
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2016, 10:47:33 PM »
I could never really figure out the DefIcons prefs tool. The other way to make this change is to go into SYS:Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys and then get information (Right Amiga+I) on the file def_lha, then change the default tool to Unarc.

If any of your LhA files have their own icons (i.e., non-default icons) they'll need to be adjusted independently.
 

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Re: LHA Files are not associated with Unarc
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2016, 11:34:41 PM »
Matt, Mike, that worked, thanks so much.