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lenny_bouh
lenny_bouh
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June 14, 2023
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application by default for .jsx file

  • June 14, 2023
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Hello,
I have a silly issue. I was creating an After Effects script (.jsx) but I oppened it with Notepad++ in a way that windows thought Notepad++ what the aaplication by default to oppen .jsx files.
But I find it disturbing and I want the original application (the one who makes the logo look like a blank paper with jsx on it).

Do you know where this application is ?

PS : I tried with "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support Files\AfterFX.exe" but now it's the AfterEffects logo.
Thanks a lot for your precious time.

Lenny

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    Correct answer lenny_bouh

    Ok, thanks both of you for your help ! I will try this.

    ps : I don't know if I can do htis myself, but the subject can be closed.

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    Mathias Moehl
    Community Expert
    Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 15, 2023

    The default editor has been the Editor of ExtendScript Toolkit in the past. But this editor is very old and incompatible with some modern operating systems. Therefore, the recommended way to edit jsx files today is using VSCode in combination with Adobe's ExtendScript Debugger extension for VSCode. 

     

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    lenny_bouh
    lenny_bouhAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 15, 2023

    Hi, thank you for your answer.

    I'm so sorry, I feel like it doesn't respond to my problem. (Note that english si not my first language and I might not understand what you meant or how good I translated)

    To be the clearer : currently my .jsx files look like the "Ae" icon (the screen above), but before I touched anything, it look (by memory) like this :

    And now I want it to be like this again.

    I'm pretty sure it have something to do with the application by default, that why I mentionned that in the first place.


    Thank you again for your help and your time ! 😃

    Mathias Moehl
    Community Expert
    Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 16, 2023

    I guess your system opened the jsx file, because ExtendScript Editor is not installed on your system anymore and you didn't install VSCode. Install VScode and then set the default for jsx files not to AfterFX.exe ut to VSCode instead. The icon might look different then, but when you double-click the file, it will then be opened with the correct app, which you should use to edit the jsx script file.

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    ToolfarmJP
    Community Expert
    ToolfarmJPCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 15, 2023

    Would you check the setting of After Effects preferences?

     

    Scripting & Expressions

    Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network

     

     

    lenny_bouh
    lenny_bouhAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 15, 2023

    Hi, thank you for your quick answer.

    As you can see in the following screen shot, this parameter is still activated. To the left it's the .jsx file that have Ae icon.

    In all the process I described, I didn't touch any parameters in After Effects. I just oppened the .jsx file with notepad++ and made it the application by default, unintentionally.

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