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Lysithée
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November 18, 2025
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Impossible de mettre Indesign 2026 en appli par défaut

  • November 18, 2025
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Bonjour

 

Depuis le passage à Indesign 2026, mon ordi ne reconnaît plus les .indd dans l'explorateur comme des fichiers Indesign. Je peux toujours les ouvrir depuis Indesign mais plus depuis l'explorateur où ils affichent une icône vierge.

 

J'ai beau choisir Indesign comme appli par défaut (lors de la tentative d'ouverture ou dans les paramètres Windows) rien à faire. Ça ne veut pas ...

 

Si je désinstalle Indesign 2026 et remet la version 2025 ça refonctionne normalement. Mais dès que je rebascule sur la version 2026, le problème réapparaît. 

Pour info, je n'ai pas ce problème avec les autres applis de la Creative Suite qui ont également basculé de 2025 à 2026. Pas de souci non plus avec Indeisgn ou tout autre appli sur mon ordi portable aussi connecté à ma Creative Suite. 

Ca donne plutôt l'impression d'une désinstallation d'Indesign 2025 mal faite sur cet ordi ...

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LysithéeAuthor
Known Participant
April 1, 2026

Le problème subsiste toujours…

Je peux travailler mes fichiers en les ouvrant depuis InDesign mais impossible de le faire directement depuis l’explorateur Windows :
 

Le type Indd est bien reconnu et associé à InDesign 2026 … c’est plutôt l’exécutable de ce fichier qui n’est pas “compris” par Windows. 

 

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 1, 2026

Hi ​@Lysithée, 

 

Sorry to hear that you still experience this. Thanks for sharing all the details so far.

Could you please share a short screen recording showing the full workflow when you double click an INDD file from Windows Explorer? This will help us see exactly what application is being triggered and how the association is behaving on your system.

In the meantime, I'd recommend trying a reset of the file associations using the official guides below, as this usually helps when Windows is unable to properly bind the executable:
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/file-associations-broken-uninstall-applications.html
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/windows11/how-to-set-adobe-default-for-indesign/4079095

If the issue still persists after that, you can try correcting the association directly via the Registry. Please press Win + R, type regedit, and hit Enter. Then navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InDesign.Document\shell\open\command and open the Default entry. Update the value so it points to your InDesign 2026 executable path enclosed in quotes, followed by "%1". For example:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2026\InDesign.exe" "%1"

Once done, close the Registry Editor, restart the machine, and then try opening an INDD file again by double clicking it.

 

Let me know how it goes after trying this, and feel free to share the recording so I can take a closer look and help further.

Abhishek

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LysithéeAuthor
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April 1, 2026

Hi 

Thanks for your help. :)
Here, as an attachment the asked recording.

 

I have already tested several times all the solutions offered by Adobe (Open With dialog box / Windows control panel / Uninstall + Resintall Creative suite / Registry edit). Without success !

 

And for your proposal of association in registry, it’s already ok !
 

 

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Anubhav MCommunity Manager
Community Manager
November 18, 2025

Hello @Lysifoto,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind reassigning the file association for the .INDD file type (Windows / macOS) to InDesign and checking if it helps? Also, try removing all previous versions of InDesign and share your observations.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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LysithéeAuthor
Known Participant
November 18, 2025

Hello

 

Thanks for helping me. 🙂

 

As I said, I already tried to reassign .indd to Indesign.exe (2026 folder) but it doesn't work.

Others files in .ind... are ok.

 

And I already removed all previous Indesign versions. I only have the last one.

 

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