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KITARTID DECHASORAROJ
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June 24, 2024

I encountered this problem as well.

I followed this method and it worked successfully.

By using the program "Types"

 

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/change-file-types-icons-windows-7/

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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June 24, 2024

I'm not sure that anybody will be particularly confident in using a W7 tool on W11...

 

There is a freeware tool called File Types Manager that will let you select new icons for files - or even restore old ones, come to that. No I don't know what is behind the change of icons, but I do know that the only way you can change them without hacking the registry is using an app. This is a typical example of how M$ is going backwards with their OS development, and has nothing to do with Adobe per se.

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KITARTID DECHASORAROJ
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June 25, 2024

I appreciate the information and advice you have shared.

MyerPj
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MyerPjCommunity Expert
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April 24, 2024

It's a Windows issue... I thought you had understood that.

MyerPj
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MyerPjCommunity Expert
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April 18, 2024

If you are 'adventurous' you can use File Type Manager: And change any icon you like.

FileTypesMan - Alternative to 'File Types' manager of Windows (nirsoft.net)

 

I have all my desktop icons using the older colored icons with square shape, for all my CC apps. You have to want it! 🙂 Go around and collect the icons you like, etc...

 

 

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Raymond-BlackstoneAuthor
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April 19, 2024

So, just to be clear: the same program, Audition, open both the PKF and the wav files, it's just that the icons for each type are swapped. You're suggesting that I can choose which icon, used within the same program, can be used for each file type? That Audition has two separate icons I can choose? Because this has worked fine for me for that last 18 years before I updated Audition 12 days ago. Seems to me like this is a bug in the new code.

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Raymond-BlackstoneAuthor
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April 24, 2024

To anyone following (I received an email asking me this), no, I did not get a good answer to this problem, nor a resolution.

MyerPj
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MyerPjCommunity Expert
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April 18, 2024

On Windows 11 you can open the settings app. (Right-click and select Personalize) and search for 'default' and pick 'Default Apps'. Then you can enter a file type, "wav". And select the default app, Audition if you like.

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Raymond-BlackstoneAuthor
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April 18, 2024

Done, no change. It's not a question of what app opens it, Audition always opens my wav files, it's a question of what the thumbnail icon shows for PKF files, and wav files, they are backward. The colored icon used to be wav 

 

MyerPj
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MyerPjCommunity Expert
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April 16, 2024

Usually that happens when you try Open with... You can right-click a Open With and select to always use Audition. You should also uncheck the File explorer options to 'hide extension for known file types'

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Raymond-BlackstoneAuthor
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April 18, 2024

Both done, no change. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

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