Zooboomafuthefan Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Sorry about my double topic posts, but is it normal that the files I download aren't files but are text files? They aren't the regular files they were before my PC crashed. Is this normal or is there a fix? I'd really like an answer to my 2 questions. Edited August 17, 2014 by Zooboomafuthefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 My guess is you have somehow changed the file associations from what they are supposed to be to point to .txt instead. This is a Windows thing.If windows doesn't know what to use to open a file, it defaults to notepad - which tries to treat any file as a text file. You probably had the associations borked by your crash - Installing NMM for instance sets an association for the files that NMM uses. Th eone that comes to mind is .nxm - that should be set to Nexus Mod Manager. To change an association manually - In Win7 Open the Control panel, Select 'Default Programs' Select 'Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program' Now, you need to find what program you want the file to open with and change the association of files with that extension with the proper program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooboomafuthefan Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 My guess is you have somehow changed the file associations from what they are supposed to be to point to .txt instead. This is a Windows thing.If windows doesn't know what to use to open a file, it defaults to notepad - which tries to treat any file as a text file. You probably had the associations borked by your crash - Installing NMM for instance sets an association for the files that NMM uses. Th eone that comes to mind is .nxm - that should be set to Nexus Mod Manager. To change an association manually - In Win7 Open the Control panel, Select 'Default Programs' Select 'Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program' Now, you need to find what program you want the file to open with and change the association of files with that extension with the proper program.Thanks man! I knew it had something to do with my PC crash! I owe ya one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooboomafuthefan Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 (edited) My guess is you have somehow changed the file associations from what they are supposed to be to point to .txt instead. This is a Windows thing.If windows doesn't know what to use to open a file, it defaults to notepad - which tries to treat any file as a text file. You probably had the associations borked by your crash - Installing NMM for instance sets an association for the files that NMM uses. Th eone that comes to mind is .nxm - that should be set to Nexus Mod Manager. To change an association manually - In Win7 Open the Control panel, Select 'Default Programs' Select 'Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program' Now, you need to find what program you want the file to open with and change the association of files with that extension with the proper program.I think I found out what to do. Do I change it to FOMod.dll? Edited August 22, 2014 by Zooboomafuthefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethreon Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Change the file association back to FOMOD. Will fix the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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