Blender Underground

As most of you can tell by my sig I have been BORGED by 2.57 and thus far haven't reverted.

Now for those of you who have Windows (such as my brother) there is a tiny registry hack that will allow you the option to open .blend files in 2.57 but default to 2.49b. This is assuming you have both 2.49 and 2.57 installed on your HD.

To do this manually, you need to run the regedit.

open the tree -> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> blendfile -> shell

Note: If blendfile doesn't exist look for .blend

Here add a new key Open with 2.57 then add another inside named command

Inside command add a string with a data value:
"C:\Graphics\blender-2.57\blender.exe" "%1"

The quote marks are very important on this one and the path should reflect where you installed 2.57, then close out.

Now when you double click any blend file it will default to the older 2.49 until the time comes you uninstall it. When you right click a blend file you will see an option to Open with 2.57

Now this is the exported reg hack I placed on my brother's PC. Should you decide to import this into your Windows make sure you change the file paths first:



I am hoping my brother will enjoy his gift.

Thats cool man, I always just open files within the software so I don't have any problem choosing between 2.49 and 2.57.

Interesting but I am still not interested in 2.57 to solve all my problems. Maybe someone can use this but I don't plan on migrating.

It should be said that registry hacks can make your system unstable if done wrong so USERS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN MESS UPS!

you are dead to me

Got to give the proper disclaimers or BU gets sued for endorsing some idiot's mess up.