Cant seem to change .mid file association from X1 to X2 . from open with dialog I hit browse and navigate to X2 sonarpdr and select it and tick the little box to say always use this program, but still it only shows Sonarpdr for X1 and opens in X1.
 
Help Roy

I had the same problem.

AFAIK the only solution is a registry edit.

I think it may also be possible to re-install Sonar and make sure you check the option to associate .mid files with it. I have unto tried this.

I posted the registry edit to achieve this in this post.
 
For your change, simply change the parts of that from "X1" to "X2" and the appropriate version you are running (i.e. the exe file for the version of SONAR you are using). The post was written from the perspective of X3 Producer.
 
Regardless of version, the entry that associates MIDI files is in
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT->Applications->CakewalkMIDIFile->shell->open->command"

Thanks for your info Mettelus, now got the right program opening. only small problem left is getting the wrong icon, I'm getting the one for windows media but I'm glad it opens the right prog.
 
Thanks Roy

The icon is associated with the "CakewalkMIDIFile" key and can be found at:
 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CakewalkMIDIFile\DefaultIcon
 
That key needs to be modified to point to the dll file beginning with "TTSRES" in your preferred program directory. Using Windows Explorer, the default location (for the Producer version) is "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X3 Producer\TTSRES110.dll"
 
The registration key listed above needs to point to the specific dll for your X3 installation (it may be a different name), so verify in Windows Explorer when you change that key value.

Thanks again Mettelus, all sorted and working as it should.
 
Roy

I am glad to be of help. I try to lay off posts with registry entry changes, but these ones are sort of benign and were bugging me at one point too

Or I can bump the thread ... won't let me copy the link on my cell.