I am tired of going through this clicking on the top one
and then this opening
and I launch it . I want to be able to click on a business file hyper link and have it open but it says no programme registered to open this file. Are we able to download the the .exc version? not the sandbox version
Typically you wouldn’t be clicking on installation file to launch the program. Once the program is installed, you should see shortcut in Windows which would directly take you to the program without this intermediate dialog window.
Thanks again @lubos for answering I know you must be extremely busy , I do normally but what we were trying to do was each person has their manager file in their own client folder, and in access we had a file path we were hoping to follow that file path and open the manager file to work on. But it can not follow the file path because it does not know what programme to open it with.
I don’t know how to make Windows recognize the .manager extension files so that the Manager WindowsApp opens them directly.
As a workaround it’s possible to extract the Manager-x64.appx file into a folder and run it from there, because it’s just a renamed zip file. Either rename the .appx extension to .zip, or if you have 7-zip installed you can extract directly. The “app” folder inside this new extracted Manager folder contains Manager.exe. Then when you click on a .manager business file you can browse to this Manager.exe file and open the business.
This will make updating Manager a bit more tricky as you’ll have to extract the new versions each time and tidy up the extracted folders. If you keep the folder name the same at every update it should work.
But maybe someone else has a proper suggestion.
Thanks @pau . will try it.
Ok I pointed 1 manager file to the manager exc
and everyone of my backups changed to the logo
before it was something different and it still does not open the actual business . Now I have to open the business as well it just points me to the business screen. and I can not import and old business any more .
what have I done and how do I fix it . The business in my business list I can open and do work.When I back up now it saves it as
That is unexpected! Manager isn’t opening the file at all, it just loads with the the saved data/business folder. I think @lubos needs to advise. I can also only open backups by changing the default data folder
What do you change the default folder to
I have backups in their own folder so one changes the default to that folder. But it’s messy because then you have to change it back to your normal work folder. It didn’t used to work like that.
I am still struggling with this so this is what my manager back up files look like. When I go into properties and look open with it says unkown and I can not seem to change it .
Theres no desktop icon I have to go in to file explorer and find the manager file then when I click on it it opens this screen
when I try and go open with it brings up a list manger, manager.exc, managerserver which I dont even have. I have deleted all manager programs off my pc and started again. but still no luck . I want to be able to open a client file directly I dont want to have to click on launch all the time. Can someone give me some answers please. I keep asking and nobody seems to know . What do other people do ? do you go through the same thing ? @lubos can you help me please
Just incase some one is going through this as well here is the instructions I got
Press Windows key + R
Type:
shell:AppsFolder
Press Enter
You’ll see a window with all installed apps.
Find Manager
Right-click Manager
Click Create shortcut
Click Yes
(Windows will place it on the desktop)
You now have a Manager icon on your desktop
No installer popup
Opens Manager directly
After the icon appears:
Right-click the Manager desktop icon
Pin to taskbar or Pin to Start
Ignore .apex files — installer only
Always open Manager from the icon
Open .manager client files inside Manager
Your file:
ASAP Handy .manager
this still does not let me open a manger file straight from a folder like it used to but I am ok with this for now
and here is why we can not click on a file and open it
You are using the App Installer / Microsoft Store style version of Manager.
That version:
Runs in a Windows sandbox
Has no visible Manager.exe
Cannot register file associations like .manager
Windows therefore refuses to remember
“open this file type with Manager”
So when you double-click:
Windows asks Open with
You pick Manager
Windows can’t bind it
Nothing happens or it asks again
This is by design, not a bug.
Earlier:
You likely had the classic desktop version
Or Windows hadn’t enforced sandboxing yet
File associations were looser
After updates:
Manager moved to .apex
Windows tightened Store-app rules
Direct opening was blocked
Thanks ChatGPT