VStudio 11 will NOT automatically open ANY file!

nb51 · Post by **nb51** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:24 am

I just installed VideoStudio 11 Plus on two separate XP/SP2 machines. On one of them, everything's working perfectly. But on the other, VideoStudio will NOT automatically load any file it was launched with!

I've tried each of the following techniques with many different files:

(1) Right-click on a media file, then chose "Video Studio 11" on the "Open With" context menu.

(2) I added "Video Studio 11" to the "Send To" menu, then right-clicked on a media file, then chose "Video Studio 11" in the "Send To" menu.

(3) Built up a command line in the "Run" menu with the path to vstudio.exe, followed by a space, followed by the path to a media file.

(4) Double-clicked on various .vsp (project) files.

But in each case, VideoStudio did not automatically load the file in question!

So I tried un-installing it then re-installing it. That made no difference.

So I tried un-installing it, then going into regedit to delete all keys, values, and what not that were associated with VideoStudio, then I re-installed it. That made no difference, either.

If, once VideoStudio is loaded, I either: (1) Use the File -> "Insert media file to timeline" -> "Insert video...", or

(2) Drag and drop a media file onto vstudio,

... the file opens correctly.

Note once again that everything is working fine on the other XP machine.

What's going on and how can I fix this?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:25 am

I recall, going back a few versions (possibly to VS8 and earlier) that you could not click on a file and get it to open with Video Studio. So if you managed to get it working with one installation, that is already progress. I think you will find that most of us open the program first and then open the file in the already opened program... Least of all, that is the way I always do it.

nb51 · Post by **nb51** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:32 am

Thank you, kind sir, for your response!

The thing is, I've got scores and scores of media files to edit, and having see where they are and then to manually browse to each of them one at a time is not really acceptable to me.

Since VideoStudio works perfectly on my other XP box, I would think that there has to be a way to fix this.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:19 am

That's where the Library Manager comes handy.

Move all your clips for editing in one location separated in folders if you like on your harddrive. Call this "Clips to do" is you like.

As long as you don;t make a habit of moving the files about you can set up the VS library manager to point to these files and provide a thumbnail view of the clips in their own similarly names "Clips to do Library.

I'm sure you will have fun setting up your library manager...took a few goes to get used to it but is you keep things organised Library Manager is pretty good. You then just open VS, go to the Library and all the files are there ready to drop on the timeline.

Creat folders for your finished productions and what I do is have a separate folder to save all my VSP files.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:22 pm

Step 1. Open Windows Explorer and locate a file e.g. Test.avi
Step 2. Right click - Select [Open with] Ignore the list and go to the entry at the bottom [Choose Program]
Step 3. Find VideoStudio and ensure that the small box
[Always use the selected program to open this kind of file] is ticked.
Repeat this for all other formats such as MPG that you wish to associate with VideoStudio.

nb51 · Post by **nb51** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:25 am

sjj1805 wrote:Step 1. Open Windows Explorer and locate a file e.g. Test.avi
Step 2. Right click - Select [Open with] Ignore the list and go to the entry at the bottom [Choose Program]
Step 3. Find VideoStudio and ensure that the small box
[Always use the selected program to open this kind of file] is ticked.
Repeat this for all other formats such as MPG that you wish to associate with VideoStudio.

Thank you for your reply, but when I do that I get exactly the same incorrect results as I've been seeing on this machine ever since I installed it: VideoStudio 11 loads, but it will NOT open the file!

It worked perfectly with VideoStudio 10 on this machine, and it works perfectly with VideoStudio 11 on my second XP machine, but it just will not work with VideoStudio 11 on this machine.

I've tried everything I can think of, including running a registry repair tool with all options enabled, but I get the same result.

And with great respect for Clevo and Ken Berry, their suggested solutions are too awkward for me to give up trying to get it working on this machine as it does on my other.

nb51 · Post by **nb51** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:27 am

Does anyone know whether VideoStudio 11 uses DDE to open the media file?