Is anyone having trouble with file associations from within Windows Explorer? I have installed 2019 twice on a Windows 10 machine - 64 bit to try and overcome the problem with no improvement. With 2018 ( and many previous releases) I had no trouble clicking on a file in Explorer to open it in BB. If BB was not open it opened and loaded the file. If a file was already loaded the clicked file would load and replace the previous file. If that file had been changed there would be a message asking if it should be saved.

In both installs there was a message asking if BB files should be associated with the program. I said yes.

First install with 607 updated: Once installation was complete the files displayed in Explorer were not associated with 2019 in the same way as previously, there was no association at all. The BB icons were not adjacent to the file names. Clicking on a file gave a Windows error message saying cannot access specified device........... I used the utilities option in BB to try and overcome this problem with no success. I used Windows itself to do the association for the BB files and that resulted in the icons appearing. Double clicking a file opened BB and loaded the file. Ok so far. Clicking another file in Explorer did not load and replace the original file as it had in previous versions and presumably should now. It looks as though it is "trying" to. The BB logo appears in the centre of the screen for a very short time (flickers) and then nothing. The original file remains. If the right mouse button is used and the play or open options used they offer no improvement. If the multiple instances option is enabled then a second instance is opened with the "new" file.

Second install with 608 updated: Same outcome apart from the icons being there but this may be a hangover from the first install.

Seems to be the same for the 64 and 32 bit versions.

The files can be opened from within the program and perform in the way expected in terms of loading but this is not as convenient (for me) as using Explorer which remains open throughout and can display more files with various viewing options.

File associations work fine for all other programs on the machine.

Any ideas?