How do I find the shiny red icon that used to appear on all .mat files? I had the dratted "MicroSoft Access Table" icon take over - well I've removed Access now but the Bryce ".mat" icon hasn't come back and I dont know where to look for it. I did a search for ".ico" but there seems to be absolutely NO ICONS on my laptop at all... since the search didn't find any. Also, how do you actually insist that WinXP uses the icon you want it to use rather than the beastly Access icon? Help?

I think you may need to reinstall Bryce so that it will recognise that file again......maybe another way but i dont know it! :)

Fran... You want to have a different icon show up for the file type .mat, right? In Windows Explorer, go to any folder with a .mat file in it. Right click on the file, then select properties. Near the top is an option that says "Opens with". You'll see the icon you don't like next to it. Click on the Change button. From there, select Bryce since you want to associate it with all the .mat files. If you don't see Bryce listed, you can browse for it. After picking Bryce, click Okay. Then, Apply, and Okay once again. Clear as mud? ~ Nevanna ~

Thats what I thought but didnt say it! LOL :)

I've wondered about this. for some reason I don't get an opens with option when I do this so I've never been able to change it.

yeah, the association had changed. I have the same problem..;)

I don't have "Open with" either. Bryce will open mat files okay and use them - it's just that I'm fed up with those rotten table icons.

Fran (and others) - If you just want to change the icon for a particular file type, do the following: (1) Open any folder. (2) Go to Tools -> Folder Options (3) Click on the File Types tab (4) Find the mat file format (5) Click Advanced, to bring up the "Edit File Type" dialogue box. (6) Click "Change Icon" (7) Try locating the bryce exe file, and selecting that. Most program executables have one or more icons embedded. (8) Choose the new icon (9) Click Ok, Ok, Close (that should get you back to the folder view). (10) Click View -> Refresh (just in case, shouldn't be necessary. Unfortunately I'm not on my main computer at the moment, so I can't check to see if Bryce does have the right icons embedded, but the instructions will work on XP (possibly NT and others).

Phil, Fran, try with Shift+Right mouse click and proceed as Nevanna says. But it might not fix the problem. You might have to go with what Mahray describes. I lost icons for AVIs on my work computer this way.

Mahray, I was fine right up until "Click Advanced".... Where exactly IS "Advanced"?

Erlik, " Phil, Fran, try with Shift+Right mouse click and proceed as Nevanna says." When exactly do I "right click"??? I've tried right click, left click, upsidedown peppermint click - nothing, nada, zilch...

You should Shift+right click on one of the MAT files. What Windows do you have? In XP Pro, there's a button Advanced where you have Restore. See the pic. But it's probably because Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided that an association claimed by their own program shouldn't be changed. And if you want, I can post detailed instructions where in Registry to change things so the association points to Bryce.

I've got the advanced button on XP Home SP2, it could have something to do with administrator access or something...

That's a good point that didn't occur to me. I do have Administraator rights on my computer.

Fran, if there are more accounts on your computer, maybe you should log in as Administrator and then try changing things in File Types.

In that case, when you click on Edit for open, everything should be as it's on my screenshot. In Application used to perform action, it should be

"C:Program FilesDAZBryce 5.5Bryce55.exe" "%1"

together with the quotation marks and the space between. Memory like... the thing... with holes... :-) Take care in case the path to your Bryce is different. It has to be absolutely correct.

Message edited on: 12/24/2005 05:43

I AM an administrator, the word "Advanced" appears on anything else, but not on the bryce mat file.

And yes, it IS XP Pro... If you tell me what to do "in the Registry" I'll see if my husband will do it for me... I don't trust me.

Message edited on: 12/24/2005 16:47