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JAbramoffTDYFLIR
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Jan 26, 2023 9:59 AM UTC
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FrameMaker 2022 installation > registry

I recently installed FrameMaker 2022. When I noticed that it did not replace the pre-existing FM 2020 installation, I uninstalled FM 2020. The next time I tried to open a FM book, FM would not open. A Windows message "Registry information is invalid or missing" appeared. I had to re-install FM 2022.

    K.Daube
    K.DaubeCorrect answer
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    Jan 27, 2023 8:43 AM UTC

    If you want to open another installed version of FM by means of a double click on an FM file, you need to re-establish the registry setting. Start your desired FrameMaker once with the parameter -reg:
    Win Start > Run: Full_path_to_FM_exe -reg

    See also https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/compendium.pdf#page=610

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    K.Daube
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    K.DaubeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    Jan 27, 2023 8:43 AM UTC

    If you want to open another installed version of FM by means of a double click on an FM file, you need to re-establish the registry setting. Start your desired FrameMaker once with the parameter -reg:
    Win Start > Run: Full_path_to_FM_exe -reg

    See also https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/compendium.pdf#page=610

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    JAbramoffTDYFLIRAuthor
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    Jan 27, 2023 9:40 AM UTC

    That's cool, K.Daube.

    Interesting.

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jan 26, 2023 1:48 PM UTC

    "When I noticed that it did not replace the pre-existing FM 2020 installation..." - yeah that's deliberate. You can run multiple versions of FM on the same machine.

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    JAbramoffTDYFLIRAuthor
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    Jan 26, 2023 2:15 PM UTC

    I understand. Although now I'm wondering how Windows file associations deal with multiple FM versions installed; not curious enough to re-install FM 2020...

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    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
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    Jan 26, 2023 2:27 PM UTC

    IIRC it continues to use the first installed instance's association initially, but upon using the new version, it tries/offers to change the association to the newer version.

    ps - I never worry about this because I always open the desired application first & then open the .book or .fm I want.

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    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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    Jan 26, 2023 10:28 AM UTC

    Hi,

     

    Could it be that the book file name extension is just not connected with FrameMaker any longer? Can you right click and select FrameMaker to open with?

    Otherwise I would deinstall FrameMaker and install it again. I think that this most often does not help, but possibly here.

     

    Best regards

     

    Winfried

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    JAbramoffTDYFLIRAuthor
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    Jan 26, 2023 11:17 AM UTC

    Thank you for your reply.

    I believe that file associations did get messsed up, but that wasn't what was causing this issue. .book files might have been associated with FM 2020, so that when I uninstalled FM 2020, that association was broken. Nonetheless, after changing the .book file association to FM 2022, that Windows message "Registry information is invalid or missing" still appeared.

    As I wrote, I did re-install FrameMaker (2022).

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