No app to open eps files on windows 10 message

[camelbreath]

I just downloaded a stock eps vector and with Illustrator 2023 installed, I'm getting a message in the Windows 10 file association utility that there is "no app associated with this file" on this computer and provides a link to the Microsoft store.

I opened illustrator and dragged the file icon into the program and it opened as a raster file and could not be expanded.  As a work around, I dragged the file over the Acrobat icon - it opened - and I saved as pdf and reopened in illustrator and it worked. Is there a better way? 

Thanks to those who know more than me,

Joe

[Monika Gause]

An EPS file might be a raster based file. If you open it in Illustrator and it contains no vector artwork, then I would ask the stock company. Did they advertise a vector file?

The file extension association needs to be done in your system, it just means, that you haven't told your system that EPS should be opened in Illustrator. 

[Anubhav Majumder]

Hello @camelbreath,

I hope the suggestions shared by Monika helped resolve the trouble you were having. If not, kindly try using Adobe Bridge to manage and view all your work and share your observations.

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Have you tried to re-associate EPS files to Illustrator? Easiest way is to select a file, right-click on it and select Properties. If Illustrator 2023 is not currently set as "Opens with", select Change and do it there. If for some reason, it's not listed, click More Apps and navigate to the Illustrator 2023 program file.

 

Not sure why in your situation it has become disassociated in the first place, tho.

btw: the reason dragging it to Acrobat worked is that essentially invokes Distiller to convert the EPS to PDF. This is not the same as opening it natively, so try and fix your associations.