November 28, 20169 yr This Tutorial will only be relevant to the following people People who have Prepar3D V3 and V2 currently Installed who Launch Prepar3D from there .fxml file (Saved Scenario) in Documents Following on from a Question on the Prepar3D Forums where a User had Prepar3D V2 and V3 Installed, this was his situation........... He would save a Scenario in Prepar3D V3 but when trying to Launch his V3 saved Scenario In Documents the .fxml file (Saved Scenario) would only Launch in Prepar3D V2 Usually in this Situation you would Right Click on the Scenario, Click Properties In --Opens with-- You would click change and Navigate to your Prepar3D.exe and Click Ok. With V2 and V3 Installed together it doesn't seem to Differentiate between the different locations paths of the Prepar3D.exe Of course you can change this Manually in the Register Editor by Navigating To: HKEY-CLASSES_ROOT \ Applications \ Prepar3D.exe \ shell \ open \ command Right Click on Default , Click Modify and changing the Path to suit Prepar3D V3 But its a bit of a rough fix ============================== ----- Introduction ---- A Tutorial to add the 2 Options, in this case (Prepar3D V2 and Prepar3D V3) into your Windows Explorer Content Menu As you can see from the Image i have bi-passed the Opens With options in Properties. I can now Right Click on any v2\v3 .fxml file (Saved Scenario) and choose to open in Prepar3D V3 Or V2 To do this, I have added 2 Keys and 2 sub-keys in my Register editor and have given these 2 sub-keys a Path to my different Prepar3D locations (V2 and V3) ========================================== ========================================== I will go through it Step by Step to set up V2 in the Register editor, Just follow the exact same steps to set up V3, but change the Path= of course Open your Register editor (with Admin privileges) Navigate To: HKEY-CLASSES_ROOT \ * \ Click the little arrow beside * to Enter Right Click on shell Click New, Click Key, Call this Key Prepar3D v2 (You can call this key whatever you wish But this is what you will see when you right Click on your Saved Scenario) This Key will remain Empty (No Path) Right Click on your new Key Prepar3D v2, Click New, Click Key Call this sub-key command (Not Optional) ========================== Click on command to highlight it, Right Click on Default, Click Modify Enter Your Prepar3D V2 Path to Prepar3D.exe into Value data Make sure you add this Placeholder to the end of your Path "%1" This will allow Prepar3D to Enter the Content of the Saved Scenario file and Launch with this file Information. Without this Prepar3D will start as Normal (Default splash screen) Please Note: Notice the -space- between the .exe. and the "%1" (You need this space) You can use this as a Template, Change the Path to suit Your Prepar3D location in both cases C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Prepar3D.exe "%1" Follow the exact same Procedure to set up your Prepar3D V3 Path Prepar3D V2 Prepar3D V3 X out of your Register editor, Launch Prepar3D and test
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